Case C-589/22

J.L.O.G.
and
J.J.O.P.

v

Resorts Mallorca Hotels International SL

(Request for a preliminary ruling
from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de las Islas Baleares)

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 February 2024

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Collective redundancies – Directive No 98/59/EC – Paragraph 2(1) – Point at which the obligation to provide information and hold consultations arises – Number of actual or projected redundancies – Article 1(1) – Voluntary terminations of employment contracts before redundancies – Method for calculating the number of redundancies)

Social policy – Approximation of laws – Collective redundancies – Directive 98/59 – Employee information and consultation procedures – Point at which the obligation to provide information and hold consultations arises – Adoption of a decision entailing a significant reduction in the number of establishments managed and operated by the employer, resulting in the termination of employment positions – Number of positions terminated likely to exceed the thresholds laid down in the directive – Subsequent reduction in the number of workers to below those thresholds owing to voluntary terminations of employment contracts – No consequence for the consultation obligation

(Council Directive 98/59, Art. 1(1) and (2))

(see paragraphs 30-32, operative part)

See the text of the decision.