Heirs can claim financial compensation from a former public or private employer for paid annual leave not taken by a deceased worker, the EU Court of Justice confirmed in a judgement delivered on Tuesday 6 November (cases C-569/16 and C-570/16).
The sole heirs of two deceased workers asked their spouses' employers - a German municipality and private individual - for financial compensation for the days of annual leave they had not taken before their death. They contested the refusal of...