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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-1158/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2019/1158",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-1158",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Time off from work on grounds of force majeure",
  "text": "Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that each worker has the right to time off from work on grounds of force majeure for urgent family reasons in the case of illness or accident making the immediate attendance of the worker indispensable. Member States may limit the right of each worker to time off from work on grounds of force majeure to a certain amount of time each year or by case, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/1158/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:25.721697+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}