Can the EU’s transfer of undertakings Directive 2001/23 be relied upon to stop workers becoming seriously worse off when a parent-company decides that the terms and conditions of its employees will no longer be governed by the collective agreement that binds the parent-company but by the collective agreement that binds a daughter-company?
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Case C-311/12, Kassner – does EU law stop the social partners eroding paid annual leave?
French farmers have been nipping over the Spanish border to go shopping for their veterinary medicinal products. This is not allowed under French law, only French-authorised wholesalers can import veterinary drugs. The French farmers wonder if the internal market exists.
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For the purposes of Article 7 of the working time Directive 2003/88/EC, does a worker, who is on sick leave during a period of annual leave fixed by the company, have the right to take his annual leave at another period?
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