ECJ 7 February 2019, case C-49/18 (Escribano Vindel), Age discrimination

Carlos Escribano Vindel – v – Ministerio de Justicia, Spanish case

ECJ 7 February 2019, case C-49/18 (Escribano Vindel), Age discrimination

Carlos Escribano Vindel – v – Ministerio de Justicia, Spanish case

2018/35 Employees who lose their jobs upon retirement are not entitled to statutory severance compensation (NL)

A provision of Dutch law, according to which employees who lose their jobs upon retirement are excluded from the right to statutory severance compensation, is not in breach of the Framework Directive.

2018/35 Employees who lose their jobs upon retirement are not entitled to statutory severance compensation (NL)

A provision of Dutch law, according to which employees who lose their jobs upon retirement are excluded from the right to statutory severance compensation, is not in breach of the Framework Directive.

ECJ 14 March 2018, case C-482/16 (Stollwitzer), Age discrimination

A salary scale the ECJ had found discriminatory and said should be changed, was not discriminatory after the change.
Georg Stollwitzer – v – ÖBB Personenverkehr AG, Austrian Case

ECJ 14 March 2018, case C-482/16 (Stollwitzer), Age discrimination

A salary scale the ECJ had found discriminatory and said should be changed, was not discriminatory after the change.
Georg Stollwitzer – v – ÖBB Personenverkehr AG, Austrian Case

2018/3 Limitation period for compensation claim on grounds of discrimination (GE)

An acquired mother tongue is – at least indirectly – connected to a person’s origin and therefore also linked to ethnic origin. Claims based on the German General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz, the ‘AGG’) must be brought in writing within two months after knowledge of a possible discrimination. Time only starts to run for claims after the employer has provided an unsuccessful job applicant with a clear and definite statement that he or she has been rejected. The limitation period under the AGG will not be triggered by lapse of time only.

2018/3 Limitation period for compensation claim on grounds of discrimination (GE)

An acquired mother tongue is – at least indirectly – connected to a person’s origin and therefore also linked to ethnic origin. Claims based on the German General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz, the ‘AGG’) must be brought in writing within two months after knowledge of a possible discrimination. Time only starts to run for claims after the employer has provided an unsuccessful job applicant with a clear and definite statement that he or she has been rejected. The limitation period under the AGG will not be triggered by lapse of time only.

ECJ 19 July 2017, case C-143/16 (Abercrombie & Fitch Italia Srl), Age discrimination

A provision which authorises an employer to make an on-call contract with a worker of under 25 years of age and to dismiss that worker as soon as he or she reaches 25, pursues a legitimate aim of employment and labour market policy and the means to attain that objective were appropriate and necessary.

ECJ 19 July 2017, case C-143/16 (Abercrombie & Fitch Italia Srl), Age discrimination

A provision which authorises an employer to make an on-call contract with a worker of under 25 years of age and to dismiss that worker as soon as he or she reaches 25, pursues a legitimate aim of employment and labour market policy and the means to attain that objective were appropriate and necessary.