Preliminary reference · referred by the Landesarbeitsgericht Hamm (Germany)
Applicant
KHS AG
Defendant
Winfried Schulte
Rapporteur
E. Levits
Advocate General
V. Trstenjak
Bench
11 judgesV. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, U. Lõhmus, A. Rosas, E. Levits, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, A. Arabadjiev
34In consequence, in light of the actual purpose of the right to paid annual leave directly conferred on every worker by European Union law, a worker who is unfit for work for several consecutive years and who is prevented by national law from taking his paid annual leave during that period cannot have the right to accumulate, without any limit, entitlements to paid annual leave acquired during that period.