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Night work under the Pregnant Workers Directive includes shift work (Gonzalez Castro v Mutua Umivale, ProsegurEspana SL, Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social)

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Published on: 24 September 2018

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Background law
Background facts
The decision of the national courts
What did the ECJ decide?
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Article summary

Employment analysis: A worker doing shift work, only some of which is at night, carries out ‘night work’ within the meaning of Article 7 of the Pregnant Workers Directive 92/85/EC and is covered by the protections set out in that provision, according to the European Court of Justice.

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