Readers may recall our
blog from June in which we reported that the Advocate-General
of the European Union found that workers without a fixed or
habitual place of work could count as working time (a) time
travelling from home to the first customer of the day and (b)
travel from the final customer of the day back to home. The Court
of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has today
upheld that decision. The CJEU's decision can be found here.
Background
The employees in this case worked for the security company,
Tyco. They installed domestic and commercial security systems.
Historically, the employees had been based in one of Tyco's
regional offices. The employees travelled to the regional office
each day and, from there, travelled to customers' premises
before returning to the regional office at the end of the day.
Working time was calculated from the time that the employees left
the regional office at the beginning of the day to their return at
the end of the
