commentary on the judgment Cass. Soc., September 13, 2023, no. 22-17340 to 17342
Résumé
In a remarkable turnaround, the Social Chamber rejected the employer's criticism of the appeal. In the absence of an interpretation of Article L. 3141-3 of the French Labor Code in line with Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC (cited above), the Cour de cassation ruled that the Court of Appeal had rightly set aside part of the provisions of domestic law that were contrary to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal correctly ruled that the employees had acquired rights to paid leave during the suspension of their employment contract due to non-occupational illness.
Mots clés
Organisation of working time - Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 4
2003 - Acquisition of rights to paid leave - Conditions - Establishment by a Member State of an employee's actual work obligation - Scope - Provision of national law contrary to Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 4
2003 and to article 31
§ 2
of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Suspension of employment contract - Case - Work stoppage due to non-occupational illness - Office of the judge - Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law – Scope of the judgement.