Certain forms of working time in Serbia in the light of European directive 2003/88 and comparative law

Abstract

The matter of working time is an essential in labour law, considering dignified work as a labour work principle. It took a long time to achieve the standard of eight hours of work, eight hours of free time and eight hours of sleeping. Since the salary depends on worked hours, it was necessary to regulate working time by law. Even though, there are some misunderstandings in labour practice referring to overtime work. It is crucial to pay special attention to night work, as a work in difficult conditions. Considering health protection measures, it's important to di stinguish part time job and those jobs where working time is cut because of the harmful effects of the work place.

Keywords

• working time
• night work
• overtime work
• directive
• part-time work