2018/16 Fixed-term employment of an actor for more than 18 years justifiable (GE)

The German Federal Labour Court has held that it was justifiable for the employment of an actor to be limited in time because of the “type of work” involved and the fact that the work was with a film production company, even though the actor was given a number of fixed term employment contracts over around 18 years.

ECJ 20 December 2017, case C-158/16 (Vega González), Fixed-term work, Other forms of discrimination

A fixed-term worker elected to a parliamentary role must be able to benefit from the same special leave granted to a permanent civil servant, to enable them to hold a public office.

ECJ 20 December 2017, case C-158/16 (Vega González), Fixed-term work, Other forms of discrimination

A fixed-term worker elected to a parliamentary role must be able to benefit from the same special leave granted to a permanent civil servant, to enable them to hold a public office.

ECJ 28 February 2018, case C-46/17 (John), Fixed-term work

The Framework Agreement on fixed-term work and the Equal Treatment (Framework) Directive do not forbid a provision that allows parties to postpone the operation of a retirement age clause in employment periods for fixed time, even if this means that they can be extended infinitely.

ECJ 28 February 2018, case C-46/17 (John), Fixed-term work

The Framework Agreement on fixed-term work and the Equal Treatment (Framework) Directive do not forbid a provision that allows parties to postpone the operation of a retirement age clause in employment periods for fixed time, even if this means that they can be extended infinitely.

Case C-212/17. Fixed-term work

For the purposes of the principle of equivalence between workers with fixed-term contracts and...

Case C-212/17. Fixed-term work

For the purposes of the principle of equivalence between workers with fixed-term contracts and...

Case C-677/16. Fixed-term work

Must clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP...

Case C-677/16. Fixed-term work

Must clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP...

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.