18.4.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 121/16 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) lodged on 3 February 2017 — Eva Soraya Checa Honrado v Fondo de Garantía Salarial
(Case C-57/17)
(2017/C 121/22)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Eva Soraya Checa Honrado
Respondent: Fondo de Garantía Salarial
Question referred
May statutory severance pay payable by a company to a worker, on termination of the employment relationship as a consequence of a change to a fundamental element of the contract of employment, such as geographic mobility obliging the worker to change residence, be understood to constitute ‘severance pay on termination of employment relationships’, as referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer? (1)