2021/41 Home-based stand-by time may constitute working time in accordance with EU law, but paid differently by virtue of national law (BE)
Building upon the ECJ case law qualifying stand-by time with significant availability obligations of volunteer firefighters as working time, the Belgian Court of Cassation has upheld a system of compensation by which stand-by time pays less than regular working time.
Cour de cassation (Belgian Supreme Court), 2021-06-21