ECJ: Ruling on maternity leave and annual leave
This report relates to 1 case(s)
On 18 March 2004, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in case C-342/01: María Paz Merino Gómez v Continental Industrias del Caucho SA that a worker must be able to take her annual leave during a period other than her maternity leave. This is the case even if the maternity leave coincides with the general period of annual leave fixed for the entire workforce by a collective agreement.