09 Jan European Court of Justice – janvier 2024
Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2003/88/EC– Article 7 – Right to paid annual leave – SARS-Cov-2 virus – Quarantine measure – Impossible to carry over the paid annual leave granted for a period coinciding with a period of quarantine.
ECJ, 14 December 2023, Case C 206/22, TF v. Sparkasse Südpfalz.
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Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time and Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation or practice that does not permit the carry-over of days of paid annual leave which were granted to a worker who is not sick in respect of a period coinciding with a period of quarantine ordered by a public authority on account of that worker having been in contact with a person infected with a virus.
Social policy – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78/EC – Article 2(5) – Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age – United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Article 19 – Living independently and being included in the community – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 26 – Social and occupational integration of persons with disabilities – Personal assistance service for persons with disabilities – Job offer stating a minimum age and maximum age of the person to be hired – Account taken of the wishes and interests of the disabled person – Justification.
ECJ, 7 December 2023, Case C 518/22, J.M.P. v AP Assistenzprofis GmbH.
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Article 2(5) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, read in the light of Article 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was approved on behalf of the European Union by Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009, must be interpreted as not precluding the recruitment of a person providing personal assistance from being subject to an age requirement pursuant to national legislation under which account is to be taken of the individual wishes of persons who are entitled to personal assistance services as a result of their disability, if such a measure is necessary for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
