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Transfers of undertakings  
2010/1   : Supreme Court drops the "autonomy" requirement in Abler-type case (FR) 

2010/2   : Status of terminations prior to a transfer (SE)

2010/3   : Transferee liable for fine levied against transferor (P)

2010/4   : Supreme Court follows Abler, but applies a mix of assests and staff (SP) 

2010/5   : Court applies Abler despite significant changes in catering services (LU) 
 
2010/6   : High Court disregards amendment of legislation that is at odds with directive (IT)

Discrimination
2010/7   : Environmental opinion is "belief" (UK)

2010/8   : Employer may pay union members more, within limits (NL)  

2010/9   : Coleman Part II (UK)

2010/10 : Harassed disabled employee can sue co-workers (AU)  

2010/11 : Right to attend annual salary review meeting is a term of employment (D) 

2010/12 : Better health insurance for clerical than for manual workers requires justification (FI)

2010/13 : Highest labour court clarifies "genuine and determining occupational requirement (DE)

2010/14 : Feryn Part II (BE) 

Miscellaneous
2010/15 : Consensual terminations count towards establishing collective redundancy threshold (HU) 

2010/16 : Supreme Court strict on fixed-term contracts (CZ) 
   
2010/17 : Football Association's rules trump collective agreement (D)

2010/18 : Unions lose case on information and consultation rechange of company's control (GR)

2010/19 : Works councils have only limited co-determination rights re-establishment of complaints committee (DE)

2010/20 : First judicial opinion on what constitutes "exceptional" collective redundancy (IR)

2010/21 : "Rolled up" holiday pay not prohibited in respect of casual and part-time employees (NL)


ECJ Court Watch  
ECJ 22 October 2009, case C-116/08 (Meerts – v – Proost) (Belgium) 

ECJ 29 October 2009, case C-63/8 (Pontin – v – T-Comalux) (Luxembourg) 

Opinion of Advocate-General Poiares Maduro, 3 September 2009, case C-194/08 (Gassmayr) (Austria) 

Opinion of Advocate-General Mengozzi,  17 December 2009, case C-471/08 (Parviainen – v – Finnair) (Finland)   

Case C-45/09 (Rosenbladt – v – Oellerking Gebäudereinigungsgesellschaft mbH), reference lodged by the Arbeitsgericht Hamburg (Germany) on 2 February 2009, OJ C102 (1 May 2009), page 10
 
Case C-74/09 (Bâtiments et Ponts Construction, Thyssenkrupp Industrieservice – v – Berlaymont 2000), reference lodged by the Cour de cassation (Belgium) on 18 February 2009, OJ C102 (1 May 2009), page 12

Case C-98/09 (Sorge – v – Poste Italiane SpA), reference lodged by the Tribunale di Trani (Italy) on 6 March 2009, OJ C129 (6 June 2009), page 6 

Case C-104/09 (Álvarez – v – Sesa Start España ETT SA), reference lodged by the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) on 19 March 2009, OJ C141 (20 June 2009), page 22

Case C-109/09 (Deutsche Lufthansa AG – v – Kumpan), reference lodged by the Bundesarbeitsgericht  (Germany) on 23 March 2009, OJ C141 (20 June 2009), page 25

Case C-118/09 (Koller – v – Rechtsanwaltsprüfungskommission beim Oberlandes-gericht Graz), reference lodged by the Oberster Berufungs- und Disziplinar-kommission (Austria) on 1 April 2009, OJ C141 (20 June 2009), page 28

Case C-151/09 (Federación de Servicios Públicos de la UGT – v – Ayuntamiento de la Línea de la Concepción, Maria del Rosario Vecino Uribe and Others, the Ministerio Fiscal), reference lodged by the Juzgado de lo Social Único de Algeciras (Spain) on 28 April 2009, OJ C167 (18 July 2009), page 3

Case C-225/09 (Edyta – v – Maneggia), reference lodged by the Giudice di pace di Cortona (Italy) on 19 June 2009

Case C-227/09 (Antonino Accardo and Others – v – Comune di Torino), reference lodged by the Tribunale Ordinario di Torino (Italy) on 22 June 2009

Case C-232/09 (Danosa – v – LKB Lïzings SIA), reference lodged by the Augstākās tiesas Senāts (Latvia) on 25 June 2009, OJ C220 (12 September 2009), page 20

Case C-236/09 (Association Belge des Consomnateurs Test-Achats ASBL, Yann van Vugt, Charles Basselier – v – Conseil des ministers), reference lodged by the Cour constitutionelle (Belgium) on 29 June 2009

Case C-242/09 (Albron Catering BV – v – FNV Bondgenoten, John Roest), reference lodged by the Gerechtshof Amsterdam (Netherlands) on 3 July 2009, OJ C220 (12 September 2009), page 21

Case C-243/09 (Fuss – v – Stadt Halle), reference lodged by the Verwaltungsgericht Halle (Germany) on 3 July 2009, OJ C233 (26 September 2009), page 4

Case C-245/09 (Omalet NV – v – Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid), reference lodged by the Arbeidshof te Brussel (Belgium) on 6 July 2009, OJ C 220 (12 September 2009), page 21

Case C-247/09 (Alketa Xhymshiti – v – Bundesagentur für Arbeit – Familienkasse Lörrach), reference lodged by the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg (Germany) on 7 July 2009, OJ C233 (26 September 2009), page 5

Case C-268/09 (Vasil Georgiev – v – Tehnicheski universitet), reference lodged by the Plovdivski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) on 10 July 2009, OJ C220 (12 September 2009), page 28

Case C-298/09 (RANI Slovakia s.r.o. – v – Hankook Tire Magyarország Kft.), reference lodged by the Fővárosi Birosag Gazdasagi Kollégiuma (Hungary) on 29 July 2009, OJ C267 (7 November 2009), page 32

Case C-307/09 (Vicoplus – v – Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid), Case C-308/09 (B.A.M. Vermeer Contracting Sp. z. o.o. – v – Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) and Case C-309/09 (Olbek Industrial Services sp. z. o.o. – v – Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid), reference lodged by the Raad van State  (Netherlands) on 3 August 2009, OJ C267 (7 November 2009), page 34

Case C-333/09 (Sophie Noël – v – Brouard Daude), reference lodged by the Conseil de Prud’hommes de Caen (France) on 20 Augustus 2009, OJ C256 (24 October 2009), page 15

Case C-356/09 (Pensionversicherungsanstalt – v – Dr Christine Kleist), reference lodged by the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) on 4 September 2009, OJ C282 (21 November 2009), page 29