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22.3.2014 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 85/12 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho de Lisboa (Portugal) lodged on 16 December 2013 — Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Seguros e Afins v Via Directa — Companhia de Seguros SA
(Case C-665/13)
2014/C 85/21
Language of the case: Portuguese
Referring court
Tribunal do Trabalho de Lisboa
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Seguros e Afins
Defendant: Via Directa — Companhia de Seguros SA
Questions referred
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Must the principle of equal treatment, from which the prohibition of discrimination is derived, be interpreted as applying to public sector employees? |
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Does the fact that the State imposed a unilateral suspension of the payment of those items of remuneration and applied this only to a specific category of workers — those in the public sector — constitute discrimination having regard to the nature of the employment relationship? |