MEPs call time on UK hours opt-out James Sturcke and agencies Wednesday May 11, 2005 MEPs today voted to scrap Britain's jealously guarded opt-out from the EU's 48-hour maximum working week. MEPs voted 378 to 262, with 15 abstentions, to tighten rules on working time and phase out the opt-out over three years in order to improve health and safety.

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