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 this case, the applicant alleged that the refusal to grant parental leave based on the "absence of evidence that the child lacked maternal care for object
This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 Nov
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
In this case, a complaint was lodged by the Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT) with the European Committee of Social Rights (the Committe
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
In this case, the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) found that a change in law excluding teachers who obtained a primary school teaching certificate
In this case, the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) found Italy’s treatment of “socially useful workers”, and the differences between their social s
This case concerns the interpretation of Regulation No 1408/71 and Regulation No 883/2004, with regards to establishing the social security legislation appli
In this case the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that state interference with a trade union’s right to control their membership may constitute a
In its preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgement concerning the principle of non-discrimination and the imp
In the present case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that the applicants had been discriminated against on the grounds of trade union member
This case concerns national legislation precluding Catholic religious education teachers in public schools from the scope of the rules penalising abuse arisi
Due to a change in legislation, the applicant, the Yakut Republican Trade-Union Federation (the Federation), was ordered to expel from its ranks a trade unio
In the present case on transnational provision of services in the road transport sector, the CJEU confirmed that the 96/71/EC Posting of Workers Directive an
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
Social policy – Directive 2008/104/EC – Temporary agency work – Article 5(5) – Equal treatment – Appropriate measures to prevent misuse of temporary agency w
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) and 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between w
The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1 (Right to work) and 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between w
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 24 March 2015, relates to Articles 5 (the right to organise) and 6 (the right to bargain collectively) of the European Social Cha