It's not exactly a 1:1 comparison. A better example would be: Say you live in the Bronx, and you sign on to a company that installs fire alarm systems that ha

It's not exactly a 1:1 comparison. A better example would be: Say you live in the Bronx, and you sign on to a company that installs fire alarm systems that has branch offices in Manhattan and Newark. You report to the office in Manhattan daily before your first appointment and return there after your last appointment, performing installations and maintenance in Manhattan. The company decides that keeping the Manhattan office open isn't cost-effective, so they close that office and tell you to report to the Newark office instead. Under this ruling, you aren't considered working only for the time it took to get to the now-closed Manhattan office; the extra commute time added directly due to the office closure is now considered "on the clock". This will make the cost of running a business in a big city a little more worthwhile in the EU, and will somewhat depress the commercial real estate market.