Luxembourg, 26/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 15 February, the Court of Justice decided in Case C-270/05 that a production unit can be considered as a separate “establishment” with regard to application of Directive 98/59/EC on mass redundancies. The Court did, however, state that the consultation exemption sought in this case does not apply.
In 2002 a Greek firm, Athinaiki Chartopoiia AE closed one of its three paper production centres and rescinded almost all employee contracts,...