欧盟：年假期间生病可补休_BEC初级作文

欧盟：年假期间生病可补休

欧盟法院上周裁定，员工休年假期间生病，可在日后获得补休。该裁定在欧盟所有成员国均有法律效力。欧盟工时指导规定，所有员工每年必须享有至少四周的带薪假期。此前，欧盟法院曾出台规定，员工在休年假前生病时可重新安排年假计划，以避免年假和病假重叠。如有雇主侵犯员工享受年假的权利，员工可随其提出诉讼。欧盟法院还规定，如果员工在年底生病而无法休完年假，则可以将年假延后到下一年度使用；长期休病假者，其年假可至少累积一年，各国可对年假累积上限做出具体规定。

Workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, the EU's top court has ruled.

The European Court of Justice ruling is legally binding throughout the EU.

Thursday's ruling was prompted by a Spanish trade union case against a group of department stores.

"The right to paid annual leave cannot be interpreted restrictively," the court says. The UK does not have an opt-out in this area of EU labor law.

The court in Luxembourg said the EU Working Time Directive grants workers a right to at least four weeks' paid annual leave "even where such leave coincides with periods of sick leave".