Directive (2001/23) on the safeguarding of employees' rights applies to the transfer of a production unit where the transferor, the transferee or both persons are acting jointly with a view to the transferee continuing the economic activity carried on by the transferor, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday 13 June (Case C-664/17).
EU rules also apply where the transferred production unit is not fully autonomous, provided that the transferor and the transferee do not...