Official Journal |
EN Series C |
C/2023/1428 |
18.12.2023 |
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana — Spain) — Adolfo v Direccion000 CB, Alfonso, Álvaro, Fondo de Garantía Salarial (FOGASA)
(Case C-795/22, (1) Direccion000 and Others)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Articles 53 and 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Social policy - 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 - Allowance in lieu of leave not taken after the termination of the employment relationship - One-year limitation period - Adequate information provided to the worker)
(C/2023/1428)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Adolfo
Respondents: Direccion000 CB, Alfonso, Álvaro, Fondo de Garantía Salarial (FOGASA)
Operative part of the order
Article 7 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 precluding national legislation pursuant to which the right to paid annual leave acquired by a worker is lost at the end of a period of one year from the end of the annual reference period to which the leave relates, where the worker has not actually been given the opportunity by his or her employer to exercise that right, including in cases where that worker has failed to initiate, before the end of the employment relationship, a procedure having the effect of interrupting the limitation period.
(1) Date lodged: 30.12.2022.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1428/oj
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