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When the directive was applied in the UK, the hours of workers was only reduced by 3%. Just under four million UK workers still work more than 48 hours per week, whilst more than half a million work in excess of 60 hours per week (appendix 1 and 2). Many workers are still being pressured to work more than 48 hours per week by their employers. Although this practice is actually illegal under the UK law, the enforcement regime in the UK is far too weak to be able to protect the rights of these workers (appendix 3). The effect of the opt-out and the UK's weak enforcement regime has been that the Working Time Directive has also failed to protect UK workers. The "minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time promised by article 1.1 of the directive have not been applied in a good way in...

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