Annual leave: German law cannot automatically preclude termination payment for unused holiday
Kreuziger v Land Berlin Case C-619/16 ECJ
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV v Shimizu Case C-684/16 ECJ
annual leave | failure to take leave | holiday pay
In Kreuziger v Land Berlin and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV v Shimizu, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a worker who does not apply for leave does not automatically lose the right to a payment in lieu on termination of employment.