Judgment_paragraph 59 · K.L. v X sp. z o.o (C-715/20)

59On the contrary, that concept requires the difference in treatment found to exist to be justified by the presence of precise and specific factors, characterising the employment condition to which they relate, in the specific context in which it occurs and on the basis of objective and transparent criteria, in order to ascertain that that difference in treatment in fact responds to a genuine need, is appropriate for achieving the objective pursued and is necessary for that purpose. Those circumstances may result, in particular, from the specific nature of the tasks for the performance of which such fixed-term contracts have been concluded and from the inherent characteristics of those tasks or, as the case may be, from the pursuit of a legitimate social policy objective of a Member State (judgment of 19 October 2023, Lufthansa CityLine, C‑660/20, EU:C:2023:789, paragraph 58 and the case-law cited).