Duncombe and others v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Fletcher v Same – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2009 in EC law, fixed-term contracts, law reports, teachers, unfair dismissal by sally

Duncombe and others v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Fletcher v Same [2009] EWCA Civ 1355; [2009] WLR (D) 36

“The rule embodied in the staff regulations made by the board of governors of the European Schools, limiting to nine years the period of employment of teachers seconded by the Department of Children, Schools and Families to work in the schools, did not meet the objective justification required by Council Directive 99/70/EC and the Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002.”

WLR Daily, 15th December 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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