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The European Union is tightening up the 48-hour maximum work week. Thus far states like Britain, where both employers and labor unions oppose the maximum work weeks, have been permitted to opt out of the limit, but several nations are pushing a plan to make the rule mandatory across all member states.

Helen Jerry and Marie-Louise McMahon of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP have a rundown of the debate.