ECJ 4 June 2020, Case C-828/18 (Trendsetteuse), Miscellaneous

A person does not necessarily need to have the power to change prices of goods which he sells as an agent for his principal, to be classified as commercial agent within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive 86/653/EEC.

ECJ 7 May 2020, case C-96/19 (Bezirkhauptmannschaft Tulln), Working Time, Miscellaneous

VO - v - Bezirkshauptmannschaft Tulln, Austrian case

ECJ 14 May 2020, case C-17/19 (Bouygues travaux publics and Others), Social Insurance

Bouygues travaux publics, Elco construct Bucarest, Welbond armatures - criminal proceedings, French case

ECJ 30 April 2020, Joined Cases C-168/19 and C-169/19 (Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale), Pension, Other forms of discrimination

HB - v - Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-168/19); IC - v - Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-169/19), Italian case

ECJ 30 April 2020, Case C-211/19 (UO v Készenléti Rendőrség), Working time

UO - v - Készenléti Rendőrség, Hungarian case

ECJ 23 April 2020, Case C-507/18 (Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI), Sexual orientation

NH - v - Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI – Rete Lenford (C-507/18), Italian case

2020/12 The legal position of bicycle deliverers in Austria (AT)

In Austria, a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for bicycle deliverers has been in force since 1 January 2020. According to the contracting parties (the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and the Austrian Trade Union Federation), it is the first of its kind worldwide. On this occasion, this article examines the legal basis for employment in this sector and whether this long-awaited step will really lead to an improvement for bicycle deliverers.

ECJ 23 April 2020, Case C-710/18 (Land Niedersachsen (Périodes antérieures d’activité pertinente)), Other forms of free movement, Terms of employment

WN - v - Land Niedersachsen, German case

ECJ 30 April 2020, Case C-815/18 (Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging), Posting of workers and expatriates, Collective agreements

FNV - v- VandenBosch Transporten BV, Van den Bosch Transporte GmbH, Silo-Tank Kft, Dutch case

2020/11 Whistleblowing dismissal unfair where decision-maker was manipulated by another manager (UK)

In a decision with implications for unfair dismissal law generally, the UK’s Supreme Court (SC) ruled that it is not always necessary for a dismissing manager to know about whistleblowing disclosures made by an employee in order for that dismissal to be automatically unfair.