In a ruling handed down on Tuesday 14 April (Case C-418/24), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that Spain’s measures to penalise the misuse of successive fixed-term contracts in the public sector are not in line with EU law.
A worker who has performed childcare duties since March 2016 at a public educational establishment under the responsibility of the Autonomous Community of Madrid has requested that her employment relationship be declared as permanent. Her...