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The CJEU's judgment regarding compensation payable upon expiry of temporary employment contracts in Spain

22 September 2016

The Court of Justice of the European Union has handed down a judgment which could revolutionise the way compensation payable to employees upon the expiry of their temporary contracts are determined in Spain. The Spanish laws currently in force which deny them indemnification at the conclusion of an interim contract have been judged as contravening European law, and therefore compensation must be paid when such interim contract end.

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