Do housewives pay taxes on their enourmous overtime pay? Just joking.
Martin

>From: mira <mirah@...>
>Reply-To: thomasszaszdiscussion@yahoogroups.com
>To: thomasszaszdiscussion@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ThomasSzaszDiscussion] EU limit on the amount of hours you
>work a week
>Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 18:14:13 +0200
>
>Martin Kessler wrote:
>
> > Locking up employers or employees because of their choice to work
> > more than a certain number of hours is counterproductive.
>
>Nobody's going to be locked up. These aren't criminal laws, they're
>civil laws, and they don't apply to individuals but govern employment
>contracts. People who run their own business can work as much as they
>like, because there's no way to control their working hours, although
>most European countries do have laws governing when business have to be
>closed.
>
>BTW, we housewives work 140 hours a week, and the EU isn't bothered by
>it. ;)
>
>Mira
>