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The European Union has that workers with no fixed office should be for travelling to and from their first and last appointments of their day. This could a huge impact on the payroll expenses of companies across Europe. The European Court of Justice that the journeys of workers who do not a fixed place of work, and who between their home and their customers’ premises, are to paid work. This potentially higher salaries for care workers, sales staff, plumbers, nannies and other company employees who work from home. The court said it was to the health and safety of workers and they did not work longer than 48 hours per week.

The ruling means that thousands of companies across Europe could forced to change their business arrangements. Many will have to the working schedules of employees to ensure that their first and last appointments are near their homes. A British employment lawyer, Chris Tutton, the BBC that: "Unless [bosses] working hours or ask employees to out of the 48-hour working week, employees could quickly the number of hours they are legally allowed to work. Bosses could therefore soon that they are illegally and at risk of facing costly claims against them." The ruling does not people's daily commute to their normal, fixed place of work.