Eelc_1877-9107_2023_008_001_totaal_original1024_1

European Employment Law Cases

Meer op het gebied van Arbeidsrecht

Meld u zich hier aan voor de attendering op dit tijdschrift zodat u direct een mail ontvangt als er een nieuw digitaal nummer is verschenen en u de artikelen online kunt lezen.

Editorial	About the democratic legitimacy of the EU and the role of EELC

Case Reports	2019/12 Dismissal on grounds of sickness – Discrimination on grounds of disability? (AT)
Trefwoorden	Disability discrimination
Auteurs	Peter C. Schöffmann
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

Austrian courts have to deal with an increasing number of cases concerning dismissal on grounds of (alleged) discrimination. The particular challenge is to a draw a conclusive distinction between the concepts of disability and sickness.

Peter C. Schöffmann
Peter C. Schöffmann is a teaching and research associate at the Institute for Austrian and European Labour Law and Social Security Law at Vienna University of Economics and Business, www.wu.ac.at/en/ars.

Case Reports	2019/13 A long-term functional impairment? (DK)
Trefwoorden	Disability Discrimination
Auteurs	Christian K. Clasen
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

An employee’s functional impairment, which at the time of dismissal had had a duration of 11 months and with an uncertain prognosis, was not deemed a long-term one. For that reason, the Danish Western High Court found that the employee was not disabled within the meaning of the Anti-Discrimination Act or Directive 2000/78 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation.

Christian K. Clasen
Christian K. Clasen is a partner at Norrbom Vinding, Copenhagen.

Case Reports	2019/14 Termination indemnity based on reduced remuneration for worker dismissed during part-time career break compatible with EU law (BE)
Trefwoorden	Gender discrimination, Maternity and Parental Leave
Auteurs	Dr. Gautier Busschaert
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

According to the Labour Court of Mons, calculating the termination indemnity of a worker based on the reduced remuneration paid during a career break called ‘time-credit’ is compatible with EU law, despite the Meerts judgment regarding parental leave.

Dr. Gautier Busschaert
Dr. Gautier Busschaert is attorney at Van Olmen & Wynant in Brussels, www.vow.be.

Case Reports	2019/15 Uniform minimum body height standards in the police service do not constitute indirect gender discrimination on grounds of sex (DE)
Trefwoorden	Gender discrimination
Auteurs	Paul Schreiner en Nina Stephan
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

The Higher Administrative Court of Münster (Oberverwaltungsgericht, the ‘OVG’) has held that a minimum body height of 163 cm for applicants to the police service, irrespective of gender, is lawful. At least, this shall apply if the determination of a minimum body height standard is a suitability criterion for access to the police service. Minimum standards solely serve the purpose of ensuring fitness for service and result from a comprehensive investigation. The investigation in this case established that suitability for the police service can only be guaranteed from a height of 163 cm upwards.

Paul Schreiner Paul Schreiner is a partner at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.
Nina Stephan Nina Stephan is an attorney-at-law at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

Case Reports	2019/16 Pay discrimination based on gender in third level college (IE)
Trefwoorden	Gender discrimination
Auteurs	Orla O’Leary
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

A recent decision by the Irish Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found that a third level college lecturer had not been discriminated against on the grounds of gender in relation to her pay.

Orla O’Leary
Orla O’Leary is a Senior Associate with Mason Hayes & Curran, www.mhc.ie

Case Reports	2019/17 Non-discrimination based on gender in the employment relationship (RO)
Trefwoorden	Gender discrimination
Auteurs	Andreea Suciu en Gabriela Ion
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

A decision taken by an employer based on gender which respects the national legislation was considered discriminatory based on EU legislation.

Andreea Suciu Andreea Suciu is the Managing Partner Suciu I The Employment Law Firm (https://suciu-employmentlaw.ro/).
Gabriela Ion Gabriela Ion is an associate at Suciu I The Employment Law Firm (https://suciu-employmentlaw.ro/).

Case Reports	2019/18 Consideration of pre-employment as a freelancer in terms of checking fixed-term contracts by courts (GE)
Trefwoorden	Fixed-Term Work
Auteurs	Othmar Traber en Daniel Hilmer
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

The German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, the ‘BAG’) has held that pre-employment as a freelancer must be taken into account in relation to the number of years having been with a firm as a freelancer when assessing the legality of a fixed-term contract due to the character of the specific deployment.

Othmar Traber Othmar K. Traber is a partner at Ahlers & Vogel Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB in Bremen, www.ahlers-vogel.com.
Daniel Hilmer Daniel Hilmer is an intern at Ahlers & Vogel Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB in Bremen, www.ahlers-vogel.com.

Case Reports	2019/19 Employer liable for wrongful disclosure of data by ‘rogue’ employee (UK)
Trefwoorden	Privacy
Auteurs	Sean Illing
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

The German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, the ‘BAG’) has held that pre-employment as a freelancer must be taken into account in relation to the number of years having been with a firm as a freelancer when assessing the legality of a fixed-term contract due to the character of the specific deployment.

Sean Illing
Sean Illing is an Associate Solicitor at Lewis Silkin LLP.

Case Reports	2019/20 How to interpret the Posting of Workers Directive in the cross-border road transport sector? Dutch Supreme Court asks the ECJ for guidance (NL)
Trefwoorden	Private International Law, Posting of Workers and Expatriates, Applicable Law
Auteurs	Zef Even en Amber Zwanenburg
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

In this transnational road transport case, the Dutch Supreme Court had to elaborate on the ECJ Koelzsch and Schlecker cases and asks for guidance from the ECJ on the applicability and interpretation of the Posting of Workers Directive.

Zef Even Zef Even is a lawyer with SteensmaEven, www.steensmaeven.com, and professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Amber Zwanenburg Amber Zwanenburg is a lecturer and PhD Candidate at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Case Reports	2019/21 Supreme Court rules on liability distribution between transferor and transferee (FI)
Trefwoorden	Transfer of Undertakings, Dismissal/Severance Payment
Auteurs	Janne Nurminen
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

A municipal federation took back a nursing home operation it had previously outsourced to a contractor. The Finnish Supreme Court held that a transfer of undertaking had taken place and the municipal federation (transferee) was liable to pay the employee compensation for the unlawful termination of the employment contract. Further, the Supreme Court held that the employee had also without a justifiable reason directed the claim for compensation towards the employer company (transferor/the old contractor) and for that reason was liable to pay the legal costs of the employer company.

Janne Nurminen
Janne Nurminen is a Senior Associate with Roschier, Attorneys Ltd in Helsinki, www.roschier.com.

Case Reports	2019/22 Supreme Court applies Max Planck and Kreuziger judgments (LV)
Trefwoorden	Paid Leave
Auteurs	Andis Burkevics
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

The Latvian Supreme Court recently used the ECJ Max Planck and Kreuziger judgments to explain how an employer can escape its obligation to compensate an employee for unused leave at the end of the employment relationship. The employer must prove that (a) it was possible for the employee to use the leave, and (b) the employer has in good time informed the employee that leave, if not used, might be lost and will not be compensated.

Andis Burkevics
Andis Burkevics is a senior associate with the Latvian office of law firm SORAINEN, www.sorainen.com.

Case Reports	2019/23 A reintegrated employee is entitled to compensation for untaken leave following prior unjustified dismissal (SI)
Trefwoorden	Paid Leave
Auteurs	Petra Smolnikar
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

According to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia (Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije) (Supreme Court), reintegration of a formerly dismissed employee does not mean that the employment relationship had not been terminated earlier. Consequently, the employee is entitled to an allowance in lieu of the untaken leave at the time of the dismissal.

Petra Smolnikar
Petra Smolnikar is the founder and manager at PETRA SMOLNIKAR LAW, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, http://petrasmolnikarlaw.eu.

Case Reports	2019/24 Court of Appeal rejects Uber’s worker status appeal (UK)
Trefwoorden	Miscellaneous, Employment Status
Auteurs	Jemma Thomas
	Samenvatting Auteursinformatie

Following an appeal by Uber against the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s (EAT) finding last year, which was featured in EELC 2018/9, that drivers engaged by Uber are ‘workers’ rather than independent contractors (reported in EELC 2018-1), the Court of Appeal (CA) has now upheld the EAT’s decision. The CA also upheld the finding of the Employment Tribunal (ET), which was featured in EELC 2017/10, that drivers are working when they are signed into the Uber app and ready to work (reported in EECL 2017-1). Uber has approximately 40,000 drivers (and about 3.5 million users of its mobile phone application in London alone) and so this decision has potentially significant financial consequences for the company.

Jemma Thomas
Jemma Thomas is a Senior Associate Solicitor at Lewis Silkin LLP.

Landmark Rulings

ECJ 14 May 2019, case C-55/18 (CCOO), Working Time

Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) – v – Deutsche Bank SAE, Spanish case

Trefwoorden

working time

BJu Tijdschriften

European Employment Law Cases

Meer op het gebied van Arbeidsrecht

Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) – v – Deutsche Bank SAE, Spanish case

Christa Plessers – v – Prefaco NV, Belgische Staat, Belgian case

Kingdom of Spain – v – European Parliament, EU Case

Syndicat des cadres de la sécurité intérieure – v – Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Intérieur, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics, French case

Neculai Tarola – v – Minister for Social Protection, Irish case

Cobra Servicios Auxiliares, S.A. – v – José David Sánchez Iglesias, José Ramón Fiuza Asorey, Jesús Valiño López, Fogasa, Incatema, S.L., Spanish case

Violeta Villar Láiz – v – Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS), Spanish case

Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Gewerkschaft Öffentlicher Dienst – v – Republik Österreich, Austrian case

Jadran Dodic – v – Banka Koper, Alta Invest, Slovenian case

Martin Leitner – v – Landespolizeidirektion Tirol, Austrian case

Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) – v – Fabio Rossato, Conservatorio di Musica F.A. Bonporti, Italian case

SF – v – Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst, Dutch case

RE – v – Praxair MRC SAS, French case

Ellinika Nafpigeia AE – v – Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos and Others, Greek case

M. Çoban – v – Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen, Dutch case

Cátia Correia Moreira – v – Município de Portimão, Portuguese case

Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry – v – Hyvinvointialan liitto ry, reference lodged by the Työtuomioistuin (Finland) on 24 October 2017

Caisse de retraite du personnel navigant professionnel de l’aéronautique civile (CRPNPAC) – v – Vueling Airlines SA, reference lodged by the Tribunal de grande instance de Bobigny (France) on 19 June 2017

Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse – v – Michael Moser, reference lodged by the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) on 18 January 2018

Vueling Airlines SA – v – Jean-Luc Poignant, reference lodged by the Cour de cassation (France) on 19 January 2018

Sociale Verzekeringsbank – v – F. van den Berg and H.D. Giesen, reference lodged by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) on 9 February 2018

Sociale Verzekeringsbank – v – C.E. Franzen, reference lodged by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) on 9 February 2018

Domingo Sánchez Ruiz – v – Comunidad de Madrid (Servicio Madrileno de Salud), reference lodged by the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 8 de Madrid (Spain) on 13 February 2018

Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG – v – Günther Bauer, reference lodged by the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) on 5 March 2018

Safeway Ltd – v – Andrew Richard Newton, Safeway Pension Trustees Ltd, reference lodged by the Court of Appeal (United Kingdom) on 5 March 2018

Almudena Baldonedo Martín – v – Almudena Baldonedo Martín, reference lodged by the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo de Madrid (Spain) on 7 March 2018

ISS Facility Services NV – v – Sonia Govaerts, Euroclean NV, reference lodged by the Arbeidshof Gent (Belgium) on 25 May 2018

Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann – v – Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, reference lodged by the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) on 20 March 2018

Minoo Schuch-Ghannadan – v – Medizinische Universität Wien, reference lodged by the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Arbeits- und Sozialgericht Wien (Austria) on 23 April 2018

José Manuel Ortiz Mesonero – v – Unión Temporal de Empresas Luz Madrid Centro, reference lodged by the Juzgado de lo Social de Madrid (Spain) on 5 June 2018

Gennaro Cafaro – v – DQ, reference lodged by the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) on 15 June 2018

Ana María Páez Juárez – v – Nobel Plastiques Ibérica SA, reference lodged by the Juzgado de lo Social de Barcelona (Spain) on 15 June 2018

Jörg Paul Konrad Fritz Bode – v – Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social, reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) on 28 June 2018

Berta Fernández Álvarez, BMM, TGV, Natalia Fernández Olmos, María Claudia Téllez Barragán – v – Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid, reference lodged by the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo de Madrid (Spain) on 28 June 2018

Antonio Bocero Torrico – v – Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social, reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) on 15 June 2018

OH – v – Agencia Estatal de la Administración Tributaria, reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) on 2 July 2018

DŚ – v – Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Jaśle, reference lodged by the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) on 9 August 2018

AFMB Ltd and Others – v – Raad van bestuur van de Sociale verzekeringsbank, reference lodged by the Centrale Raad van Beroep (The Netherlands) on 25 September 2018

YV – v – Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa, reference lodged by the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) on 17 August 2018

UX – v – Governo della Repubblica italiana, reference lodged by the Giudice di pace di Bologna (Italy) on 22 October 2018

BP – v – UNIPARTS sàrl, reference lodged by the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) on 26 October 2018

EM – v – TMD Friction GmbH, reference lodged by the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) on 30 October 2018

CO – v – Comune di Gesturi, reference lodged by the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sardegna (Italy) on 29 October 2018

FL – v – TMD Friction EsCo GmbH, reference lodged by the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) on 30 October 2018

JH – v – KG, reference lodged by the Tribunale ordinario di Brescia (Italy) on 31 October 2018

Agencia Estatal de la Administración Tributaria – v – SJ, reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) on 13 November 2018

M.V. and Others – v – Local Authority Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, reference lodged by the Monomeles Protodikeio Lasithiou (Greece) on 13 November 2018

EU – v – Caisse pour l’avenir des enfants, reference lodged by the Conseil supérieur de la Sécurité sociale (Luxembourg) on 19 December 2018

KA– v – Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS), reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias (Spain) on 21 December 2018

Caisse pour l’avenir des enfants – v – FV, GW, reference lodged by the Conseil supérieur de la Sécurité sociale (Luxembourg) on 19 December 2018

IX – v – WABE e. V., reference lodged by the Arbeitsgericht Hamburg (Germany) on 20 December 2018

VL – v – Szpital Kliniczny im. dra J. Babińskiego Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej w Krakowie, reference lodged by the Sąd Okręgowy w Krakowie (Poland) on 2 January 2019

Bouygues travaux publics, Elco construct Bucarest, Welbond armatures, reference lodged by the Cour de cassation (France) on 10 January 2019

ZP – v – Bundesagentur für Arbeit, reference lodged by the Bundessozialgericht (Germany) on 16 January 2019

Agencia Estatal de la Administración Tributaria – v – RK, reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) on 6 February 2019

CV – v – Iccrea Banca SpA Istituto Centrale del Credito Cooperativo, reference lodged by the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) on 21 January 2019

Pensionsversicherungsanstalt – v – CW, reference lodged by the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) on 20 February 2019

UO – v – Készenléti Rendőrség, reference lodged by the Miskolci Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Hungary) on 6 March 2019

JD – v – Jobcenter Krefeld — Widerspruchsstelle, reference lodged by the Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) on 25 February 2019

YS – v – NK, reference lodged by the Landesgericht Wiener Neustadt (Austria) on 13 March 2019

FA – v – Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS), reference lodged by the Juzgado Contencioso-Administrativo No 2 de Ourense (Spain) on 20 March 2019

Meest gelezen artikelen van de afgelopen 24 maanden