The right to paid annual leave as an EU fundamental social right. Comment on Bauer et al.: Joined Cases C-569/16 and C-570/16 Stadt Wuppertal v. Maria Elisabeth Bauer and Volker Willmeroth v. Martina Broßonn, EU:C:2018:871
| Published date | 01 June 2019 |
| Date | 01 June 2019 |
| Author | Maria Antonia Panascì |
| DOI | 10.1177/1023263X19841762 |
| Subject Matter | Case notes |
Case note
The right to paid annual leave
as an EU fundamental social
right. Comment on Bauer et al.
Joined Cases C-569/16 and C-570/16
Stadt Wuppertal v. Maria Elisabeth Bauer
and Volker Willmeroth v. Martina Broßonn, EU:C:2018:871
Maria Antonia Panasc`
ı*
Abstract
This case note examines the judgment of Court of Justice of the European Union delivered in
Joined Cases C-569/16 and C-570/16 Stadt Wuppertal v. Maria Elisabeth Bauer and Volker Willmeroth
v. Martina Broßonn on 6 November 2018. It engages with the noteworthy aspects of the ruling, such
as the horizontal direct effect of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the
Charter), the relationship between primary and secondary law in the European Union legal order
and the scope of application of the Charter.
Keywords
Charter of fundamental rights, working time directive, paid annual leave, fundamental social rights,
horizontal direct effect
1. Introduction
On 6 November 2018, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (the Court) delivered
its judgment in Joined Cases C-569/16 and C-570/16 Stadt Wuppertal v. Maria Elisabeth Bauer
and Volker Willmeroth v. Martina Broßonn (Bauer et al.), in response to a preliminary reference
lodged by the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht). Seized of a request regarding
*PhD Researcher at Durham Law School, Visiting Doctoral Researcher at New York University School of Law and AHRC
Northern Bridge Doctoral Student
Corresponding author:
Maria Antonia Panasc`
ı, Durham University Law School, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
E-mail: maria.a.panasci@durham.ac.uk
Maastricht Journal of European and
Comparative Law
2019, Vol. 26(3) 441–448
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