2017/33 Time starts to run for breaches of the rules on fixed term contracts from the date when the less favourable treatment began (MA)

The period within which an employee can file a claim under the Regulations entitled “Contracts of Service for a Fixed Term” (which are Subsidiary Legislation under Maltese law) starts from when the employee became subject to less favourable treatment and not from when the employee could have known that the Regulations were being breached.

Case C-46/17. Fixed-term work and equal treatment

Is clause 5, point 1, of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work concluded on 18 March 1999,...

Case C-315/17. Fixed term work

Is Clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1...

Case C-315/17. Fixed term work

Is Clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1...

2017/18 Employment Tribunal confirms applicability of the Fixed-Term Employees (Prohibition of Discrimination) Law, 98(I)/2003, to civil servants (CY)

The rule has been confirmed again: the Fixed Term Employees (Prohibition on Discrimination) Law, Law 98(I)/2003 and EU Directive 1999/70 (the ‘Directive’) apply equally to all indefinite term contracts of both public and private sector employees and any remedy provided by the employer for failure to comply must be fair and equitable.

2017/18 Employment Tribunal confirms applicability of the Fixed-Term Employees (Prohibition of Discrimination) Law, 98(I)/2003, to civil servants (CY)

The rule has been confirmed again: the Fixed Term Employees (Prohibition on Discrimination) Law, Law 98(I)/2003 and EU Directive 1999/70 (the ‘Directive’) apply equally to all indefinite term contracts of both public and private sector employees and any remedy provided by the employer for failure to comply must be fair and equitable.

Case C-494/16. Fixed-term employment

Is the granting of compensation in the amount of between 2.5 and 12 monthly payments of the last...

Case C-494/16. Fixed-term employment

Is the granting of compensation in the amount of between 2.5 and 12 monthly payments of the last...

Case C-443/16. Fixed-term employment

Must Clause 4 of the Framework Agreement annexed to Directive 1999/70/EC be construed as...

Case C-443/16. Fixed-term employment

Must Clause 4 of the Framework Agreement annexed to Directive 1999/70/EC be construed as...