ECJ 12 December 2013, case C-267/12 (Frédéric Hay - v - Crédit agricole mutuel de Charente-Maritime et des Deux-Sèvres), Gender disrimination

In 2007, Mr Hay concluded a civil solidarity pact (‘PACS’) with another man. A PACS...

ECJ 12 December 2013, case C-50/13 (Rocco Papalia - v - Commune di Aosta), Fixed-term work

Mr Papalia was employed by the municipality of Aosta from 1983 until 2012 on the basis of...

ECJ 12 December 2013, case C-267/12 (Frédéric Hay - v - Crédit agricole mutuel de Charente-Maritime et des Deux-Sèvres), Gender disrimination

In 2007, Mr Hay concluded a civil solidarity pact (‘PACS’) with another man. A PACS...

ECJ 12 December 2013, case C-361/12 (Carmela Carratù - v - Poste Italine SpA), Fixed-term work

The Italian law transposing Directive 1999/70 provides that a fixedterm clause is ineffective...

ECJ 12 December 2013, case C-361/12 (Carmela Carratù - v - Poste Italine SpA), Fixed-term work

The Italian law transposing Directive 1999/70 provides that a fixedterm clause is ineffective...

2014/11 Deduction of expenses from posted workers’ minimum wage allowed (NL)

An employer (in this case, a temporary employment agency) was entitled to deduct expenses for housing costs and health insurance premiums from the minimum wage payable to two Polish posted workers, even though such deductions went beyond the deduction limits set in the enforcement policy of the Inspection of Social Affairs.

2014/11 Deduction of expenses from posted workers’ minimum wage allowed (NL)

An employer (in this case, a temporary employment agency) was entitled to deduct expenses for housing costs and health insurance premiums from the minimum wage payable to two Polish posted workers, even though such deductions went beyond the deduction limits set in the enforcement policy of the Inspection of Social Affairs.

2014/8 Permanent “temp” not employed by user undertaking (GE)

Since 2011 it has been unlawful to assign a temporary agency worker other than on a ‘temporary’ basis. However, the law is silent on the meaning of ‘temporary’, as well as on the legal consequences of violating the ‘temporary’ requirement. However, the law is likely to be amended shortly.

2014/8 Permanent “temp” not employed by user undertaking (GE)

Since 2011 it has been unlawful to assign a temporary agency worker other than on a ‘temporary’ basis. However, the law is silent on the meaning of ‘temporary’, as well as on the legal consequences of violating the ‘temporary’ requirement. However, the law is likely to be amended shortly.

ECJ 5 December 2013, case C-514/12 (Zentralsbetriebsrat der gemeinnützigen Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebs GmbH - v - Land Salzburg), Nationality discrimination

Gemeinnützigen Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebs GmbH (“SALK”) is a holding...