62022CJ0631_SUM
Case C‑631/22
J.M.A. R.
v
Ca Na Negreta SA
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de las Islas Baleares)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 January 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2000/78/EC – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of disability – Accident at work – Total permanent incapacity – Termination of the employment contract – Article 5 – Reasonable accommodation)
Social policy – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78 – Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities – Concept – Reassignment to another post – Included – Condition – No disproportionate burden for the employer
(United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Art. 2, third para.; Council Directive 2000/78, recitals 20 and 21 and Art. 5; Council Decision 2010/48)
(see paragraphs 42-46)
Social policy – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78 – Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities – National rules permitting the dismissal of a worker who has become incapable of performing his or her usual occupation due to a disability occurring during the employment relationship – No obligation for the employer to make or maintain reasonable accommodation or to demonstrate that such accommodation would impose a disproportionate burden – Not permissible
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 21 and 26; United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Arts 2 and 27; Council Directive 2000/78, recitals 20 and 21 and Art. 5; Council Decision 2010/48)
(see paragraphs 47-53, operative part)
See the text of the decision.