On 01 October 2015, the CJEU recognized that the provision in the French Labor code (article L 1243-10) which excludes youth students working during their holiday periods from being allowed ‘job insecurity’ compensation payments that can otherwise be due in fixed term contract employment situations was actually compatible with the general principle of non-discrimination according to age.
A company had hired the plaintiff, a law student, during the university holidays for a period of three days. At the end of the contract period the student went before the Conseil de Prud’hommes de Paris to request that it rule on a provision in French law that deprives students who work during their holidays on fixed term employment contracts from receiving a job insecurity compensation payment. The student wanted the court to rule that this was unconstitutional and ran contrary to the EU legal
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