Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 10/01/2015

Subject: The Court affirmed that the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age, enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and given specific expression by Council Directive 2000/78/EC, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, does not precluding national legislation under which an end-of-contract payment, paid in addition to an employee’s salary on the expiry of a fixed-term employment contract where the contractual relationship is not continued in the form of a contract for an indefinite period, is not payable in the event that the contract is concluded with a young person for a period during his school holidays or university vacation

Parties: O c. Bio Philippe Auguste SARL

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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