This article deals with the rules designed to enforce European Union labour law
in the workplace. Directives do not normally provide specific rules on
procedures and sanctions according to which their substantive provisions are to
be enforced. Instead, domestic rules are to be applied. The European Court of
Justice, however, has developed some requirements that limit the autonomy of the
Member States in this area. The aim of this article is to evaluate the principle
of effective enforcement in the field of labour law, in the light of actual
enforcement procedures in the Member States.
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