SOCIAL POLICY : COURT CLARIFIES RULES ON COMPENSATION FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL.

• Position: Brief article

A full-time worker who is unlawfully dismissed during part-time leave should receive fixed compensation based on their salary when working full-time, according to a judgement by the EU Court of Justice, on 27 February. Case (C-588/12), brought before the EU judges by Antwerp's Labour Court, concerns an employee of the company Lyreco, who extended her maternity leave with part-time parental leave of four months under an employment contract of indefinite duration. Lyreco terminated her...