Case C-177/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 14 de Madrid — Spain) — Almudena Baldonedo Martín v Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination — Clause 5 — Measures to prevent abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts or relationships — Compensation if the employment relationship is terminated — Articles 151 and 153 TFEU — Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Applicability — Difference of treatment based on whether a public or private regime, within the meaning of national law, governs the employment relationship)
Date: 2020-01-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil servant, equal treatment, severance pay, temporary employment








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9.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 77/3






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 January 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 14 de Madrid — Spain) — Almudena Baldonedo Martín v Ayuntamiento de Madrid
(Case C-177/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4 - Principle of non-discrimination - Clause 5 - Measures to prevent abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts or relationships - Compensation if the employment relationship is terminated - Articles 151 and 153 TFEU - Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Applicability - Difference of treatment based on whether a public or private regime, within the meaning of national law, governs the employment relationship)
(2020/C 77/04)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 14 de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Almudena Baldonedo Martín

Defendant: Ayuntamiento de Madrid

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Clause 4(1) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded on 18 March 1999, which is set out in the annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, must be interpreted as not precluding a national law that does not provide for the payment of any compensation either for fixed-term workers employed as interim civil servants or for established civil servants who have an employment relationship of indefinite duration, upon the termination of their employment, whereas it provides for the payment of such compensation to contract workers employed for an indefinite duration upon the termination of their contract of employment on an objective ground;










2.


Articles 151 and 153 of the TFEU and Clause 4(1) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work set out in the annex to Directive 1999/70 must be interpreted as not precluding a national law that does not provide for payment of any compensation to fixed-term workers employed as interim civil servants upon the termination of their employment, whereas compensation is granted to fixed-term contract workers upon the expiry of their contract of employment.






(1)  OJ C 211, 18.6.2018.