Judgment No. 3517
Decision
The complaints are dismissed, as is the EPO’s counterclaim for costs.
Summary
The complainants, who were on maternity leave in 2011, impugn the decision to pay a collective reward to staff in active service during 2011 but to make a deduction for them pro rata temporis.
Judgment keywords
Keywords
joinder; deduction; fringe benefits; maternity leave; complaint dismissed
Consideration 11
Extract:
[T]he Tribunal notes that the complainants have referred, in their brief, to a decision of the European Court of Justice No. C-333/97, which may provide argument that the approach of the EPO to adjust the reward to the disadvantage of the complainants by reference to periods of maternity leave is questionable.
Keywords
european court of justice (ecj)
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