Employment law cases

Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios SA [2007] IRLR 989 ECJ

Reports relating to this case:

  • Félix Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios SA

    Date:
    17 October 2007

    In FĂ©lix Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios SA Case C-411/05, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given its judgment that the Equal Treatment Directive (2000/78/EC) does not preclude a Spanish law permitting clauses in collective agreements that allow employees to be compulsorily retired when they reach a specified age.