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8.9.2007 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 211/22 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Højesteret (Supreme Court), Denmark lodged on 3 July 2007 — Ruben Andersen v Kommunernes Landsforening, acting on behalf of Slagelse Kommune (formerly Skælskør Kommune)
(Case C-306/07)
(2007/C 211/42)
Language of the case: Danish
Referring court
Højesteret
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Ruben Andersen
Defendant: Kommunernes Landsforening, acting on behalf of Slagelse Kommune (formerly Skælskør Kommune)
Questions referred
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Is Article 8(1) of Council Directive 91/533/EEC (1) of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship to be interpreted as meaning that a collective agreement which is intended to implement the provisions of the Directive cannot be applied to an employee who is not a member of an organisation party to that agreement? |
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If Question 1 is answered in the negative: are the words in Article 8(2) of the Directive: ‘employees not covered by a collective agreement or by collective agreements relating to the employment relationship’ to be interpreted as meaning that provisions in a collective agreement or the obligation of prior notification of the employer cannot be applied to an employee who is not a member of an organisation party to that agreement? |
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Do the words ‘temporary contract’ and ‘temporary … employment relationship’ in Article 8(2) of the Directive refer to short-term employment relationships or to something else, such as all fixed-term employment relationships? If the former, which criteria should be used to determine whether an employment relationship is temporary (short-term)? |