What to do with the Working Time Directive?

Following several judgements by the ECJ, the existing Working Time Directive has become obsolete, particularly with regard to on-call duty. The EU Commission’s previous attempts at revision have all failed; the social partners at European level have also been unable to agree on how to regulate on-call duty and future reform seems unrealistic. In addition, EU rules on the remuneration of on-call duty are in breach of the principle of subsidiarity. The Working Time Directive should therefore be abolished.