The role of European Union law in regulating the work of health care personnel, with special reference to the Spanish case

Abstract

 Healthcare personnel have their own legal regime that is different from that of other public employees, derived both from the work system and from the essential nature of their functions. The regulations of the European Union do not have a specific body of legislation for this group, from which it has assumed its peculiarities, allowing recourse to the exception in many Directives. Beyond the undeniable normative evolution, the internal regime of various Member States has been affected by the case law of the Court of Justice by matter, according to the main subject of the original dispute:

– Working time.

– Differences in treatment between temporary and permanent staff.