On-call systems: how to structure them in compliance with working time regulations

When implementing an on-call framework, companies must ensure that participating employees retain genuine personal freedom and are not subjected to excessive availability requirements outside their scheduled hours. The stricter the constraints on response times and communication availability, the higher the risk of classifying the entire on-call period as compensable working time. – Miłosz Awedyk and Mateusz Krajewski comment to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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