In an opinion issued on Thursday 8 June (Case C-214/16), European General Court Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev believes it is incompatible with EU law to require a worker to take leave first before being able to establish whether he is entitled to be paid for it.
British national Mr King worked from 1999 to 2012 as a salesman for the Sash Window Workshop Ltd (‘SWWL’), a company that provides and installs windows and doors. He was paid by commission indexed to the sales that he brought...