captcat
16th Jan 2007, 08:33
FRENCH COURT REJECTS EASYJET APPEAL OVER LABOUR CONTRACTS
Received Monday, 15 January 2007 16:18:00 GMT
PARIS, Jan 15, 2007 (AFP) - France's highest administrative court Monday rejected an appeal by British airline easyJet over a decree that requires its aircrews based at French airports to abide by French, not British, labour laws.
The Conseil d'Etat in Paris denied an emergency action by the low-cost airline to have the November decree suspended pending a verdict addressing the substance of the case.
There was "no serious doubt" about the legality of the decree and thus no need to order a stay or make a rapid decision on its substance, the judge ruled.
A final ruling was expected at an unspecified date in the next few months and will affect not only easyJet, which runs its French operations out of Orly airport south of Paris, but also Irish carrier Ryanair in the southern city of Marseille and Air France subsidiary Cityjet at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.
EasyJet has argued that the decree contradicts the practice of putting an airline's employment obligations under the jurisdiction of the country of its headquarters rather than the country in which its staff operate.
It claims Orly airport is merely a "rest area" for its workers, with the planes their actual workplaces, and insisted on the international nature of its business.
The airline employs 130 people in France under British contracts.
Ryanair also began legal action on the same issue last month, and has complained to the European Commission over France's moves.
http://www.ttc.org/200701151618.l0fgiwo16492.htm
PS
Cityjet have already agreed on using the French laws for its personnell and didn't start legal action.
Received Monday, 15 January 2007 16:18:00 GMT
PARIS, Jan 15, 2007 (AFP) - France's highest administrative court Monday rejected an appeal by British airline easyJet over a decree that requires its aircrews based at French airports to abide by French, not British, labour laws.
The Conseil d'Etat in Paris denied an emergency action by the low-cost airline to have the November decree suspended pending a verdict addressing the substance of the case.
There was "no serious doubt" about the legality of the decree and thus no need to order a stay or make a rapid decision on its substance, the judge ruled.
A final ruling was expected at an unspecified date in the next few months and will affect not only easyJet, which runs its French operations out of Orly airport south of Paris, but also Irish carrier Ryanair in the southern city of Marseille and Air France subsidiary Cityjet at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.
EasyJet has argued that the decree contradicts the practice of putting an airline's employment obligations under the jurisdiction of the country of its headquarters rather than the country in which its staff operate.
It claims Orly airport is merely a "rest area" for its workers, with the planes their actual workplaces, and insisted on the international nature of its business.
The airline employs 130 people in France under British contracts.
Ryanair also began legal action on the same issue last month, and has complained to the European Commission over France's moves.
http://www.ttc.org/200701151618.l0fgiwo16492.htm
PS
Cityjet have already agreed on using the French laws for its personnell and didn't start legal action.