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The CJEU corrects the de Diego Porras doctrine on compensation due to the termination of fixed-term employment contracts

20 June 2018

The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has handed down two new judgments which analyse the compensation system applicable to two temporary employees upon the termination of their respective temporary interim and relief employment contracts, rectifying the legal doctrine that had been previously established by the Tenth Chamber on 14 September 2016 (i.e. the De Diego Porras doctrine).

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