Brussels, 03/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - In order to fight the abusive use of successive fixed-term contracts, the member states can limit their maximum duration to one year and require the employer, in the event of abuse, to convert them into indefinite contracts, the Court of Justice of the EU stated in a ruling returned on Thursday 3 July.
In three related cases (C-362/13, C-363/13 and C-407/13), the European judges were asked by the Italian Court of Cassation to interpret the compliance...