title: [Waiting for the EuGH verdict to be put into practice or "Introduction of the four-day week on full pay"].
abstract: The submitted model of working time transposes and interprets german industrial law. The result of this interpretation is a high level of acceptance of the employees, a fast education that is high qualified with costs that are still affordable. The advantage of this model compared with the shift-model that runs after the EuGH-decision is obvious if you look at the reality of our health care system. This is why it is important to have an efficient interpretation of the existing law. Of course it will be a necessity also in the future to create new models of working time and to adapt these models in a way that it fits into the structure of a hospital. It would be the wrong way to force a juridical and political decision, how it was done by the german government that gave a deadline to put the EuGH decision into operation, without the possibility of an interpretation that fulfils the demand of the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie, Städt. Klinikum Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Langwara
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hecht
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014937:Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D017132:Workplace