{"id":2030,"date":"2016-11-04T09:25:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T09:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vila.es\/en\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2021-01-07T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:47:21","slug":"temporary-contract-course-towards-severance-pay-20-days-per-year-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vila.es\/en\/employment-and-social-security\/temporary-contract-course-towards-severance-pay-20-days-per-year-worked\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TEMPORARY CONTRACT \u2013 ON COURSE TOWARDS SEVERANCE PAY OF 20 DAYS PER YEAR WORKED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the judgement dated 14<sup>th<\/sup> September 2016, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Court of Justice of the\u00a0European Union<\/span>\u00a0(ECJ) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has answered the preliminary questions<\/span> raised by the High Court of Justice of Madrid pursuant to the ruling of 9<sup>th<\/sup> December 2014, the purpose of which was to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clarify<\/span>, broadly speaking, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whether Community legislation is contrary to the provisions of the Worker\u2019s Statute regarding severance pay in cases of fixed-term contracts<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">&#8211; <strong>At Community level<\/strong>, clause 4 of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work of 18<sup>th<\/sup> March 1999, annex to Directive 1999\/70\/CE (hereinafter referred to as the \u201cFramework Agreement\u201d, sets forth that \u201c<em>In respect of employment conditions, fixed-term workers shall not be treated in a less favourable manner than comparable permanent workers solely because they have a fixed-term contract or relation unless different treatment is justified on objective grounds<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">&#8211; Although <strong>at national level<\/strong>, the Worker\u2019s Statute establishes different types of severance pay, depending on the type of contract, which may fall into 3 main categories:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">(i) Permanent contracts: severance pay of 20 days salary per year worked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">(ii) Temporary contracts: severance pay of 12 days salary per year worked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">(iii) Training contracts: no severance pay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In light of the apparent contradiction between community regulations and Spanish employment legislation, the High Court of Justice of Madrid decided to address the following prejudicial question with the ECJ:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>First of all, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whether the concept of \u201cworking conditions\u201d<\/span> as per clause 4 of the Framework Agreement <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">includes severance pay which the employer is obliged to pay an employee upon the termination of the employment contract<\/span>; and<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Secondly, and in the case that the answer to the previous question is affirmative, whether it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be interpreted that the Community regulation<\/span> is opposed to Spanish law establishing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">different severance pay clauses in accordance with the type of contract<\/span> in question.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The response of the ECJ was affirmative in relation to both questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this way, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ECJ declared that the Spanish regulations are contrary to European regulations, paving the way for employees with temporary contracts being able to claim 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