CELEX: 62017CN0212
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-212/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 24 April 2017 — Simón Rodríguez Otero v Televisión de Galicia S.A.

17.7.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 231/15
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 24 April 2017 — Simón Rodríguez Otero v Televisión de Galicia S.A.
   (Case C-212/17)
   (2017/C 231/19)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellant: Simón Rodríguez Otero
   
      Respondent: Televisión de Galicia S.A.
   
      Other party: Ministerio Fiscal
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.a)
            
            
               For the purposes of the principle of equivalence between workers with fixed-term contracts and those with contracts of indefinite duration, must ending of the employment contract due to ‘objective circumstances’ under Article 49(1)(c) ET [Estatuto de los Trabajadores: Workers’ Statute] and its ending on ‘objective grounds’ under Article 52 ET be regarded as ‘comparable situations’ and does, therefore, the difference between the compensation payable in either case constitute unequal treatment between workers with fixed-term contracts and those with contracts of indefinite duration, prohibited by Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP? (1)
               
            
         
               2.a)
            
            
               If so, must the social-policy objectives legitimising the creation of the ‘contrato de relevo’ model of contract also be deemed to justify, under clause 4.1 of the abovementioned framework agreement, the difference in treatment relating to the lower amount of compensation for termination of the employment relationship when the employer freely decides that such a ‘contrato de relevo’ should be for a fixed term?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 1999 L 175, p. 43.