Employment law cases

Kratzer v R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG [2016] IRLR 888 ECJ

Reports relating to this case:

  • Discrimination: Job applicant not genuinely seeking employment not protected

    Date:
    30 November 2016

    In Kratzer v R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG [2016] IRLR 888 ECJ, the ECJ held that a job applicant who is not genuinely seeking employment but whose sole purpose is to seek compensation for alleged discrimination with regard to his or her application is not protected by EU discrimination law.

  • Discrimination law does not protect job applicants seeking compensation only

    Date:
    25 August 2016

    In this German case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a person who applies for a job with the sole purpose of making an application for compensation for discrimination is not covered by the Equal Treatment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) or the Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment Directive (2006/54/EC) and may be considered as having committed an abuse of rights under EU law.