Abstract

The main topic of this essay can be summarised as follows: the traditional concept of time in labour law as "measuring unit" can no longer be useful. The present transformation of labour organisation forces to consider "l'unité du temps, et non plus seulement l'unité de temps". The Author proposes a new approach based on the s.c. "co-adaptation of times": a "time" capable of taking into consideration all the possible different human "works" in a given time unity. For this purpose the Directive 93/104/CE can not be useful, because it reflects all the contradictions and the difficulties of organising "times" in the present European society.