In his Opinion on joined cases C-619/16 and C-684/16 delivered on Tuesday 29 May 2018, the Advocate General to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Yves Bot held that the mere fact that a worker did not apply for leave cannot automatically entail the loss of the right to an allowance in lieu of untaken leave at the end of the employment relationship. He does, however, consider that this law should be framed appropriately and that an employee cannot claim this allowance if the employer has...