Landeshauptstadt Kiel v Jaegar (2003) C-151/02 is a European labour law case concerning the EU Working Time Directive.
The court noted that after the SIMAP case,[2] the Directive could not be interpreted to treat inactive on-call time as a rest period.
The court also found that Dr. Jaeger was subjected to more constraints than a doctor at home, as he was separated from his family and social environment.
The 1994 Act was found to breach the Directive by allowing Dr. Jaeger's collective agreement to only offset active on-call time.
Instead, there was a significant increase in the number of opt-outs for health work from member states in response to the ruling.