{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1244/annex-I/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1244/annex-I/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1244",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1244/2014 of 20 November 2014 laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1244",
  "path": "annex/I/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirements for working hours, leave allowance and working space",
  "text": "Directive 2003/88/EC of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9).\nFactors\nGeneral requirements\nMinimum requirements\nWorking hours\nAppropriate working hours shall be agreed between the sending and hosting organisation on the basis of the latter's policies and then discussed and agreed with the EU Aid Volunteer.\nThe agreed working hours shall leave room for the EU Aid Volunteer's development time as established in their task assignment and performance objectives.\nRegular working hours shall not exceed 40 hours per week on average, calculated over a four-month period.\nOvertime and emergency work hours shall be negotiated with the EU Aid Volunteer, taking account of their psychological and physical well-being.\nOvertime and emergency working hours and rest shall comply with minimum requirements provided for in Directive 2003/88/EC and relevant national law.\nLeave allowance\nAppropriate leave allowance shall be agreed between the sending and hosting organisation on the basis of the latter's policies and then discussed and agreed with the EU Aid Volunteer.\nIf leave allowances vary between role categories, the leave allowance shall match that for local staff in the same or similar roles.\nThe leave allowance shall include:\nMonthly leave allowance;\nSick leave;\nHome leave, if the deployment period exceeds 18 months;\nParental leave, including maternity and paternity leave. At the request of an EU Aid Volunteer whose deployment period exceeds six months, the parental leave may also include days off work to go back to the country of residence of (a) dependent child(ren) under the age of 12;\nSpecial leave in the event of the funeral or medically certified serious illness of an ascending or descending direct relative, spouse or registered partner, or sibling.\nWhere local provision is very low, the sending organisation shall ensure that International Staff provision is used as a minimum benchmark to determine the EU Aid Volunteer's leave allowance.\nIn any case, the monthly leave allowance shall consist of two days per month, which the EU Aid Volunteer shall take in the course of his/her deployment.\nTiming of leave\nAnnual monthly leave shall be discouraged at the beginning or end of the placement.\nHome leave may be used at the request of the EU Aid Volunteer nine months after the beginning of the placement and sufficiently in advance of its end.\nWorking space\nThe hosting organisation shall provide a dedicated working space for the EU Aid Volunteer in accordance with their task assignment and the agreed secure, safe and healthy working conditions based on the indicators set out in point 7 of Annex I.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Directive 2003/88/EC of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1244/annex/I/division/3",
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  },
  "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."
}