The extension of a contract of employment beyond the normal retirement age may be of limited duration according to a judgement delivered by the European Court of Justice in a judgement delivered on Wednesday 28 February (C-46/17).
Mr John was employed by the City of Bremen as a contract teacher. As he was approaching the normal retirement age he asked for permission to continue working beyond that date. His employer agreed to extend his contract until the end of the 2014/2015 school year...