Type: Opinions of the Advocate General

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/14/2017

Subject: According to the Advocate General, a collective redundancy does not always qualify as an “exceptional case” permitting the dismissal of a pregnant worker. In the context of a collective redundancy, the dismissal of pregnant workers may only occur in exceptional cases not connected to the pregnancy and when there is no plausible possibility of reassigning them to another suitable post

Parties: Porras Guisado

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 33 Prohibition of dismissal for a reason connected with maternity

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