When Member States do have legal entitlements, variations between Member States with regard to length and the generosity of the conditions could result in an unbalanced level of rights, an unequal protection for EU citizens across the EU and differences in the functioning of labour markets.
Kadar imajo države članice vzpostavljene zakonske pravice, bi lahko razlike med državami članicami v trajanju in radodarnosti pogojev povzročile neuravnoteženo stopnjo pravic, neenako varstvo za državljane EU po EU in razlike v delovanju trgov dela.