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European Court of Justice (ECJ), February 24, 2022
ECJ 24 February 2022, case C-262/20 (Glavna direktsia „Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto”), Working Time
VB – v – Glavna direktsia „Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto”, Bulgarian case

Summary

It is not compulsory for the normal length of night work for firefighters to be shorter than the normal length of day work. It is allowed to  provide for a maximum length of night work of 7 hours only for workers in the private sector and not for public-sector workers. Unfortunately, no English translation of the case is available yet. Other translations are available here.