Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 11/22/2011

Subject: The Court states that national rules may set a temporal limit on the accumulation of unused entitlements to paid annual leave acquired during a period of unfitness for work. However, the period set by that limit must be substantially longer than the reference period in respect of which it is granted.

Parties: KHS AG c. Wingried Schulte

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 31 Paid leave

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