Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/21/2017

Subject: The Court affirmed that a unilateral amendment of conditions of pay by the employer, to the detriment of the employees, which, in the event of an employee’s refusal, entails the termination of the contract of employment is capable of being regarded as a ‘redundancy’ within the meaning of Directive 98/59/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies; an employer is required to carry out the consultations where he contemplates effecting such a unilateral amendment of the conditions of pay, in so far as the conditions laid down in that directive are satisfied

Parties: Ciupa e a.

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 27 Worker’s rights: information - Worker’s rights: consultation - Art. 30 Protection against unjustified dismissal

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