Brussels, 20/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - A foreign state cannot plead immunity in response to employment law proceedings brought by an employee of its embassy, where the employee carries out functions which do not fall within the exercise of public powers. Nor can it invoke an agreement concluded before the dispute arises to impose its own jurisdiction. An employee can bring proceedings before the courts of the member state in which the embassy is situated.
That is the substance of the ruling...