PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT – ECJ
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLPUBLIC authorities have no free hand to change terms and conditions of employees they inherit when taking over a private organisation, the European Court of Justice has (ECJ) ruled. It says when a European Union (EU) civil service adjusts salaries by time served, a new employee's working record for their former private employer should be taken into account. A failure to do this would "be contrary to the spirit" of EU directive 77/187/EEC on the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, ruled ECJ judges. They ...
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