Working Time Directive (Limitation) Bill

Key Points

• A Private Members’ Bill introduced in 2015 to limit the application of the EU Working Time Directive in UK law.
• Currently at the Commons’ 2nd Reading, with origins in the Commons.
• If enacted, the bill would narrow or adjust how the directive operates in the UK and may affect requirements around working hours, rest breaks and paid leave.
• The bill is not a Government measure; it is a parliamentary proposal sponsored by a backbench MP (Sir Christopher Chope).

Progress

The bill began with its first reading in 2015 and is at the Commons’ 2nd Reading. There is no provided detail here about further stages or potential enactment.