Case law
The ETUCLEX database displays a selection of European, national and international cases of relevance for the workers', social and trade union rights.
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
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
This case of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) concerns EU anti-discrimination law and whether it applies only to employment contracts or also to other t
The case summary below is followed by an analysis provided by Rudolf Buschmann who represented the plaintiff in the proceedings.
The facts of this case concern the refusal to consider the application for an internship within a private undertaking in Belgium due to the candidate'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 its preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgement concerning the principle of non-discrimination and the imp
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 Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) established that trainees, just like workers, can be assigned to another position if, owing t
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
This case concerns national legislation precluding Catholic religious education teachers in public schools from the scope of the rules penalising abuse arisi
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a ruling that time spent in vocational training at the premises of a training services provider,
The case concerned the Commission’s refusal to bring forward a social partner agreement to the Council for adoption in the form of a Directive based on the p
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
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
In this case, the CJEU was requested to clarify whether Article 157 TFEU can be interpreted as having direct effect in proceedings between individuals in whi
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