ECJ (Grand Chamber) 21 December 2016, case C-201/15 (AGET Iraklis), Collective redundancies

Where no agreement is reached with employee representatives on a planned collective redundancy, the employer must try to obtain permission from the Minister for Labour – who rarely gives it. The employer in this case argued successfully that this was a serious obstacle to its to freedom to establish and conduct business in Greece.

Case C-472/16. Transfer of undertakings

Should it be considered that there is a transfer for the purposes of Directive 2001/23/EC where...

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...

ECJ 1 December 2016, case C-395/15 (Daouidi), Discrimination

A ‘temporary’ inability to work may qualify as a ‘long-term’ limitation within the meaning of the ECJ’s case law on Directive 2000/78. Whether this is the case is for the national court to determine. The court may take into account that it is not clear how long the person may take to recover.

ECJ 24 November 2016, case C 454/15 (Webb-Sämann), Social policy

Under Article 8 of Directive 2008/94, if an employer becomes insolvent in circumstances where it previously withheld funds from an employee’s salary to pay into an occupational pension scheme – but then failed to make those payments – there is no requirement to exclude those funds from the scope of insolvency proceedings.

ECJ 1 December 2016, case C-395/15 (Daouidi), Discrimination

A ‘temporary’ inability to work may qualify as a ‘long-term’ limitation within the meaning of the ECJ’s case law on Directive 2000/78. Whether this is the case is for the national court to determine. The court may take into account that it is not clear how long the person may take to recover.

ECJ 24 November 2016, case C 454/15 (Webb-Sämann), Social policy

Under Article 8 of Directive 2008/94, if an employer becomes insolvent in circumstances where it previously withheld funds from an employee’s salary to pay into an occupational pension scheme – but then failed to make those payments – there is no requirement to exclude those funds from the scope of insolvency proceedings.

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-354/16. Part-time work and sex discrimination

1(a). Is the relevant EU law, in particular Clause 4(1) and (2) of the Framework Agreement on...

Case C-429/16. Collecive redundancy

Is Article 2 of Directive 98/59 to be interpreted as meaning that an employer employing at least...