Joined Cases C-609/17 and C-610/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 November 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Työtuomioistuin — Finland) — Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry v Hyvinvointialan liitto ry (C-609/17) and Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT ry v Satamaoperaattorit ry (C-610/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Article 153 TFEU — Minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time — Directive 2003/88/EC — Article 7 — Right to paid annual leave of at least 4 weeks — Article 15 — Provisions of national legislation and collective agreements more favourable to the protection of the safety and health of workers — Workers incapable of working during a period of paid annual leave due to illness — Refusal to carry over that leave where not carrying over that leave does not reduce the actual duration of the paid annual leave below 4 weeks — Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Inapplicable where there is no implementation of EU law for the purposes of Article 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
Date: 2019-11-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: arrangement of working time, collective agreement, illness, incapacity for work, labour standard, national law, paid leave








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27.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/2






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 November 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Työtuomioistuin — Finland) — Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry v Hyvinvointialan liitto ry (C-609/17) and Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT ry v Satamaoperaattorit ry (C-610/17)
(Joined Cases C-609/17 and C-610/17) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Article 153 TFEU - Minimum safety and health requirements for the organisation of working time - Directive 2003/88/EC - Article 7 - Right to paid annual leave of at least 4 weeks - Article 15 - Provisions of national legislation and collective agreements more favourable to the protection of the safety and health of workers - Workers incapable of working during a period of paid annual leave due to illness - Refusal to carry over that leave where not carrying over that leave does not reduce the actual duration of the paid annual leave below 4 weeks - Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Inapplicable where there is no implementation of EU law for the purposes of Article 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
(2020/C 27/02)
Language of the case: Finnish

Referring court

Työtuomioistuin

Parties to the main proceedings


(Case C-609/17)


Applicant: Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry

Defendant: Hyvinvointialan liitto ry

Intervener: Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy (C-609/17)

(Case C-610/17)


Applicant: Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto AKT ry

Defendant: Satamaoperaattorit ry

Intervener: Kemi Shipping Oy

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as not precluding national rules or collective agreements which provide for the granting of days of paid annual leave which exceed the minimum period of 4 weeks laid down in that provision, and yet exclude the carrying over of those days of leave on the grounds of illness.










2.


Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, read in conjunction with Article 51(1) thereof, must be interpreted as meaning that it is not intended to apply where such national rules or collective agreements exist.






(1)  OJ C 13, 15.1.2018.