ECJ 6 November 2018, C-619/16 (Kreuziger), paid leave

Sebastian W Kreuziger – v – Land Berlin, German case

ECJ 6 November 2018, joined cases C-569/16 (Bauer) and C-570/16 (Willmeroth), paid leave

Heirs of a deceased worker are entitled to allowance in lieu of untaken paid annual leave. Based on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, this applies between individuals as well. Stadt Wuppertal – v – Maria Elisabeth Bauer and Volker Willmeroth – v – Martina Broßonn, German case

ECJ 20 November 2018, C-147/17 (Sindicatul Familia Constanţa and Others), health and safety, working time and leave, miscellaneous

Sindicatul Familia Constanţa, Ustinia Cvas and Others – v – Direcția Generală de Asistență Socială și Protecția Copilului Constanța, Romanian case

ECJ 20 November 2018, C-147/17 (Sindicatul Familia Constanţa and Others), health and safety, working time and leave, miscellaneous

Sindicatul Familia Constanţa, Ustinia Cvas and Others – v – Direcția Generală de Asistență Socială și Protecția Copilului Constanța, Romanian case

ECJ 6 November 2018, C-684/16 (Max-Planck-Geschellschaft), paid leave

A worker does not automatically lose the right to annual leave because s/he did not apply for it. The employer must have informed the employee about the opportunity to take the leave adequately and in a timely way, and must be able to prove it. Based on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, this applies between individuals as well. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. – v – Tetsuji Shimizu, German case

ECJ 7 November 2018, C-432/17 (O’Brien), part-time work

Dermod Patrick O’Brien – v – Ministry of Justice, UK case

ECJ 21 November 2018, C-245/17 (Viejobueno Ibáñez and de la Vara González), fixed-term work, paid leave

Pedro Viejobueno Ibáñez, Emilia de la Vara González – v – Consejería de Educación de Castilla-La Mancha, Spanish case

ECJ 6 November 2018, C-684/16 (Max-Planck-Geschellschaft), paid leave

A worker does not automatically lose the right to annual leave because s/he did not apply for it. The employer must have informed the employee about the opportunity to take the leave adequately and in a timely way, and must be able to prove it. Based on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, this applies between individuals as well. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. – v – Tetsuji Shimizu, German case

ECJ 7 November 2018, C-432/17 (O’Brien), part-time work

Dermod Patrick O’Brien – v – Ministry of Justice, UK case

ECJ 21 November 2018, C-245/17 (Viejobueno Ibáñez and de la Vara González), fixed-term work, paid leave

Pedro Viejobueno Ibáñez, Emilia de la Vara González – v – Consejería de Educación de Castilla-La Mancha, Spanish case