Case law
The ETUCLEX database displays a selection of European, national and international cases of relevance for the workers', social and trade union rights.
In its preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that national rules which require a part-time worker to complete the s
The complaint was registered on 15 January 2020 and relates to Article 6§2 (right to bargain collectively) of the Revised European Social Charter.
In this case the complainant organisation, Confédération générale du travail (CGT), alleges that the “indivisible thirtieth” rule which is laid down by
The case summary below is followed by an analysis provided by Rudolf Buschmann who represented the plaintiff in the proceedings.
In this case, a complaint was lodged by the Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT) with the European Committee of Social Rights (the Committe
The judgement delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 18 October establishes that the transformation of a company governed by natio
In their complaints, the complainant organisations, CGT-FO and CGT, asked the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) to find that the reforms made to the
This case concerns the interpretation of Article 5(5) and 1(1) of the Temporary Employment Directive 2008/104/EC, and in particular the meaning of the w
In this case, the applicant, an employee of X-FAB Dresden, was dismissed from his position as data protection officer on the grounds that he was also chairma
In this case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that EU law precludes a provision in a Collective Agreement for temporary employment (M
In Joined Cases C‑804/18 and C‑341/19, the CJEU was presented with two requests for a preliminary ruling regarding direct and indirect discrimination on the
A strike organised by a trade union of the staff of an air carrier that is intended in particular to secure pay increases does not fall within the concep
Directive 2006/123/EC – Scope – Repeated short-term letting of furnished premises to a transient clientele which does not take up residence there – National
Directive 2000/31/EC — Information society services — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services — Connection of hosts, whether businesses or individuals, with accommo
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work), 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between wome
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work), 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between wome
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work), 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between wome
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work), 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between wome
Services in the field of transport — Directive 2006/123/EC —Services in the internal market — Directive 98/34/EC — Information society services — Rule on inf
The complaint registered on 26 September 2014, concerns Article 1 (the right to work), Article 2 (the right to just conditions of work), Article 4 (the right
Directive 98/59/EC — Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Charte
The complaint registered on 29 April 2014, relates to Article 24 (right to protection in cases of termination of employment) of the Revised European Social C
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 56 TFEU and 57 TFEU — Directive 96/71/EC —Articles 3, 5 and 6 — Workers of a company with its seat in Member St
In this case, the applicants' employer - an airline - had been directed by the Labour Arbitration Court to comply with the demands put forward by its cabin c
Article 49 EC – Freedom to provide services – Restrictions –Directive 96/71/EC – Posting of workersin the context of the provision of services – Procedures f
Interpretation of Articles 12 EC and 49 EC and Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of
Interpretation first, of Article 43 EC, and secondly, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide