Preparatory and concluding work-related activities, as well as workplace on-call duty, as components of working time not involving the performance of work, in the context of the EU-conform interpretation of working time

The aim of the analysis is to determine the relationship between working time and the time of work. The analysis demonstrates that the Polish definition of working time is inconsistent with the EU definition, which makes rational interpretation and application of the law impossible. This applies, for example, to preparatory work activities, which, according to the Polish definition of working time, should be classified as work. The author argues that, for the sake of legal consistency and rationality, Article 128 of the Labor Code should be defined as referring to the time spent performing work, not to working time, thereby en­suring the compatibility of Polish law with EU law.

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