ECJ/ Paying a supplement to an individual working on what is considered a holiday in their religion is “unjustified” discrimination, according to the Advocate General. In an opinion published on Wednesday 25 July, on the Cresco Investigation case (C-193/17), Michael Bobek proposed that the European Court of Justice rule that paying a salary supplement to a person working on a day acknowledged as a holiday because of their religion under national law is “unjustified” discrimination. In Austria, Good Friday is considered a holiday under national law for certain Christian denominations, and workers from those denominations can receive double pay if they work on this day. However a salaried worker who does not belong to one of these denominations held the view that he was being discriminated against by this Austrian regulation and took the matter to the courts in the country.
News update as of July 27, 2018
On the menu : ECJ/ Paying a supplement to an individual working on what is considered a holiday in their religion is "unjustified" discrimination, according to the Advocate General, EU/ New clash between the right to strike and freedom of movement, Mexico/ New trade union federation to be set up in the automobile sector, India/Labor Ministry proposal to allow union representation at central and regional government levels, Great Britain/Deliveroo seeking a charter guaranteeing gig economy workers rights.
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