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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided in the Spanish case of Palacios v Cortefiel Servicios SA that the EC Equal Treatment Directive (200078EC) does not prohibit Member States from having compulsory retirement ages provided they can be objectively justified
In Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has decided that where a worker is sick during a period of pre-planned annual leave, annual leave must be granted to him for a different period and if he is prevented from taking it during the current holiday year, he can carry it forward to the next one
