欧盟法院：员工出差时间算工时

　　【Technews科技新报】全球劳动权益高涨，加上景气低迷让许多雇主为节省成本，裁撤区域办公室，雇用劳工在家工作，但许多劳工仍必须按照雇主指令前往各地完成任务，这些来回的通勤时间通常是劳工自己负担，现在欧洲最高法院规定，任务旅程起始到结束所花的时间都需当作工时。

　　英国独立报 (The Indenpendent) 报导欧盟最高法院裁定 (ECJ) ，没有固定办公座位的劳工，无论企业是否允许，工作通勤时间都有权力要求公司按时给付。意味雇用像是电工、气体钳工、护理人员和业务等没有固定办公室的企业，可能违反欧盟工时规定。

　　最高法院表示此法是基于欧盟工时法保障劳工的健康与安全目的所设立，强调“劳工从家里出发出去工作的时间都是来自雇主的指令，因为雇主废除区域办公室，而不是劳工自己的意愿。该法案是源自西班牙安全系统公司泰科 (Tyco) 的法律案件，泰科于 2011 年裁撤区域办公室，要求员工从家里前往指定工作地点执行任务。

　　欧盟最高法院进一步指出，“雇主的选择所付出的代价要劳工承担，违反欧盟保护劳工健康与安全目的，所采用的最低休息时间保证。

　　Time taken to travel to and from work at the beginning and end of each day should count as working time under the law, according to the Europe’s highest court.

　　The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that workers without a fixed office should be able to charge for the time such journeys last, whereas at present they are not allowed to do so.

　　It could mean that companies employing such workers as electricians, gas fitters, care workers and sales reps could be in breach of EU working time regulations, if they chose to abandon a regional office, for example.

　　The ECJ said it was protecting the “health and safety of workers according to the European Union’s Working Time Directive. The ruling revolves around a legal case in Spain involving Tyco, the security systems company.

　　The ruling said: "The fact that the workers begin and finish the journeys at their homes stems directly from the decision of their employer to abolish the regional offices and not from the desire of the workers themselves.

　　"Requiring them to bear the burden of their employer's choice would be contrary to the objective of protecting the safety and health of workers pursued by the directive, which includes the necessity of guaranteeing workers a minimum rest period."

原文地址:http://it.sohu.com/20161012/n470066937.shtml