2019/48 Transfer of undertaking applicable in case of delegation of a public service (RO)

The delegation of a public service to a new operator after the revocation of the previous operator’s licence amounts to a transfer of undertaking, even though Romanian law requires a transfer to be based on contractual relationships.

ECJ 19 September 2019, case C-544/18 (Dakneviciute), Work and residence permit

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – v – Henrika Dakneviciute, UK case

ECJ 7 October 2019, case C-171/18 (Safeway), Gender discrimination, Pension

Safeway Ltd – v – Andrew Richard Newton, Safeway Pension Trustees Ltd, UK case

ECJ 21 November 2019, joined cases C‑203/18 and C‑374/18, Working time, Miscellaneous

Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann – v – Land Nordrhein-Westfalen; UPS Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG, Bundesverband Paket & Expresslogistik eV – v – Deutsche Post AG, German cases

2019/48 Transfer of undertaking applicable in case of delegation of a public service (RO)

The delegation of a public service to a new operator after the revocation of the previous operator’s licence amounts to a transfer of undertaking, even though Romanian law requires a transfer to be based on contractual relationships.

ECJ 19 September 2019, case C-544/18 (Dakneviciute), Work and residence permit

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – v – Henrika Dakneviciute, UK case

ECJ 7 October 2019, case C-171/18 (Safeway), Gender discrimination, Pension

Safeway Ltd – v – Andrew Richard Newton, Safeway Pension Trustees Ltd, UK case

ECJ 21 November 2019, joined cases C‑203/18 and C‑374/18, Working time, Miscellaneous

Deutsche Post AG, Klaus Leymann – v – Land Nordrhein-Westfalen; UPS Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG, DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG, Bundesverband Paket & Expresslogistik eV – v – Deutsche Post AG, German cases

2019/43 Dismissal after childbirth-related leave (DK)

The Danish Western High Court has ruled that the dismissal of an employee shortly after returning from childbirth-related leave did not constitute discrimination within the meaning of the Danish Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women.

ECJ 12 December 2019, case C-450/18 (Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social), Gender discrimination, Pension

WA - v – Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Spanish case