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Ute Kleinsteuber v Mars GmbH (C-354/16)
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Ute Kleinsteuber v Mars GmbH (C-354/16)

Judgment of 13 Jul 2017law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-354-16/para_25@2026-11-11

25Clause 4.1 of the Framework Agreement lays down, in respect of employment conditions, a prohibition on treating part-term workers in a less favourable manner than comparable full-time workers solely because they work part-time, unless a different treatment is justified on objective grounds.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-354/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2017:539
Decided: 13 Jul 2017
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Arbeitsgericht Verden (Labour Court, Verden, Germany)
Applicant: Ute Kleinsteuber
Defendant: Mars GmbH
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, C.G. Fernlund, S. Rodin
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0354

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Interprets 3: Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation; Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast); Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC - Annex : Framework agreement on part-time work
Cited by 1: María Begoña Espadas Recio v Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SPEE) (C-98/15)2 provisions
Cites 9: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation; Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson (C-617/10); Eugen Schmidberger, Internationale Transporte und Planzüge v Republik Österreich (C-112/00); Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí v B (C-394/13); Hilde Schönheit v Stadt Frankfurt am Main and Silvia Becker v Land Hessen (C-4/02, C-5/02); Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC - Annex : Framework agreement on part-time work; Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)