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Summary

Keywords

1 . SOCIAL POLICY - APPROXIMATION OF LAWS - TRANSFERS OF UNDERTAKINGS - SAFEGUARDING OF EMPLOYEES ' RIGHTS - DIRECTIVE NO 77/187 - SCOPE - TRANSFER OF AN UNDERTAKING IN LIQUIDATION - EXCLUDED - TRANSFER OF AN UNDERTAKING IN THE COURSE OF A PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE COURT GRANTS LEAVE TO SUSPEND THE PAYMENT OF DEBTS - INCLUDED

( COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 77/187 , ART . 1 ( 1 ))

2 . SOCIAL POLICY - APPROXIMATION OF LAWS - TRANSFERS OF UNDERTAKINGS - SAFEGUARDING OF EMPLOYEES ' RIGHTS - DIRECTIVE NO 77/187 - SCOPE - WORKERS NOT EMPLOYED IN THE TRANSFERRED PART OF THE UNDERTAKING - EXCLUDED

( COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 77/187 , ART . 3 ( 1 ))

Summary

1 . ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 77/187 DOES NOT APPLY TO THE TRANSFER OF AN UNDERTAKING , BUSINESS OR PART OF A BUSINESS WHERE THE TRANSFEROR HAS BEEN ADJUDGED INSOLVENT AND THE UNDERTAKING OR BUSINESS IN QUESTION FORMS PART OF THE ASSETS OF THE INSOLVENT TRANSFEROR , ALTHOUGH THE MEMBER STATES ARE AT LIBERTY TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DIRECTIVE TO SUCH A TRANSFER ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE . THE DIRECTIVE DOES , HOWEVER , APPLY WHERE AN UNDERTAKING , BUSINESS OR PART OF A BUSINESS IS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER EMPLOYER IN THE COURSE OF A PROCEDURE SUCH AS THE ' SURSEANCE VAN BETALING ' ( JUDICIAL LEAVE TO SUSPEND PAYMENT OF DEBTS ) AVAILABLE UNDER NETHERLANDS LAW .

2 . ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 77/187 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS NOT COVERING THE TRANSFEROR ' S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT OR AN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EXISTING ON THE DATE OF THE TRANSFER AND ENTERED INTO WITH EMPLOYEES WHO , ALTHOUGH NOT EMPLOYED IN THE TRANSFERRED PART OF THE UNDER TAKING , PERFORMED CERTAIN DUTIES WHICH INVOLVED THE USE OF ASSETS ASSIGNED TO THE PART TRANSFERRED OR WHO , WHILST BEING EMPLOYED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNDERTAKING WHICH HAS NOT ITSELF BEEN TRANSFERRED , CARRIED OUT CERTAIN DUTIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PART TRANSFERRED .