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Case C-38/13: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 March 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Białymstoku — Poland) — Małgorzata Nierodzik v Samodzielny Publiczny Psychiatryczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej im. dr. Stanisława Deresza w Choroszczy (Request for a preliminary ruling  — Social policy  — Directive 1999/70/EC  — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP  — Clause 4  — Concept of ‘employment conditions’   — Notice period for the termination of a fixedterm employment contract  — Difference in treatment between workers on contracts of indefinite duration)

IO C 135, 5.5.2014, p. 13–13 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

5.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 135/13


Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 March 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Białymstoku — Poland) — Małgorzata Nierodzik v Samodzielny Publiczny Psychiatryczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej im. dr. Stanisława Deresza w Choroszczy

(Case C-38/13) (1)

((Request for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4 - Concept of ‘employment conditions’ - Notice period for the termination of a fixedterm employment contract - Difference in treatment between workers on contracts of indefinite duration))

2014/C 135/13

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Rejonowy w Białymstoku

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Małgorzata Nierodzik

Defendant: Samodzielny Publiczny Psychiatryczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej im. dr. Stanisława Deresza w Choroszczy

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Sąd Rejonowy w Białymstoku — Interpretation of Article 1 of Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP (OJ 1999 L 175, p. 43), and of clauses 1 and 4 of the annex to that directive — Provisions of national law providing for less favourable periods of notice in fixed-term contracts than in open-ended contracts.

Operative part of the judgment

Clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work concluded on 18 March 1999, which is annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP must be interpreted as precluding a national rule, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which provides that, for the termination of fixed-term contracts of more than six months, a fixed notice period of two weeks may be applied regardless of the length of service of the worker concerned, whereas the length of the notice period for contracts of indefinite duration is fixed in accordance with the length of service of the worker concerned and may vary from two weeks to three months, where those two categories of workers are in comparable situations.


(1)  OJ C 141, 18.5.2013.


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