EU law precludes a worker from automatically losing the paid annual leave to which he was entitled and his right to financial compensation for leave not taken solely because he did not request leave before the employment relationship ended, the EU Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday 6 November (Cases C-619/16 and C-684/16).
Mr Kreuziger completed a paid preparatory internship for the legal professions with the State of Berlin during which he refrained from taking paid annual leave. His...