Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/06/2011

Subject: The Court defined the scope of the protection of workers’ rights in the event of transfer to a new employer. EU law can prevent transferred workers, even those employed by a public authority of a Member State and taken over by another public authority, from suffering a substantial reduction in salary by reason only of the transfer.

Parties: Scattolon

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 28 Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: organisation - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: negotiations - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: collective agreements - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: collective actions - Rights of workers, employers and their organisations: strike

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