Platform Work Directive — Directive (EU) 2024/2831

Identifier

CELEX

32024L2831

Identifier

EU 2024/2831

Adopted

2024-10-23

In force

2024-12-01

Transposition deadline

2026-12-02

Articles

30

Articles

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Judgments of the Court of Justice

40 decisions

• C-373/24Court of Justice of the European Union2025-10-30

  NI v Republika Hrvatska

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2003/88/EC – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Article 1(3) – Article 2(1) – Concept of ‘working time’ – Activities of public prosecutors – Directive 89/391/EEC – Article 2(2) – Characteristics peculiar to certain specific public service activities – Periods of time on stand-by at the workplace and periods of time on stand-by according to a stand-by system carried out outside of the workplace – Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Fair and just working conditions.

• C-110/24Court of Justice of the European Union2025-10-09

  Sindicat de Treballadores i Treballadors de les Administracions i els Serveis Publics (STAS - IV) v Valenciana D’ Estrategies i Recursos per a la Sostenibilitat Ambiental SA (VAERSA)

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2003/88/EC – Organisation of working time – Point 1 of Article 2 – Concept of ‘working time’ – Works to improve protected natural areas – Time spent by workers travelling between a fixed point of departure and natural areas – Inclusion of that travelling time in the working time of those workers.

• C-253/24Court of Justice of the European Union2025-09-04

  Ministero della Giustizia v NZ

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 4 – Principle of non-discrimination – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Honorary and ordinary members of the judiciary – Clause 5 – Measures intended to prevent and penalise misuse of successive fixed-term contracts – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7 – Right to paid annual leave – Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Assessment procedure in order to be permanently confirmed as an honorary member of the judiciary – Waiver, by operation of law, of claims arising from service as an honorary member of the judiciary prior to the assessment procedure – Loss of a right to paid annual leave conferred by EU law.

• C-37/25Court of Justice of the European Union2025-07-15

  YH v S.E.L.A.S. GTC Dijon (Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Dijon)

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7(1) – Entitlement to paid annual leave – Purposes – Sick leave with no restrictions in terms of outings, enabling a worker to rest and enjoy leisure activities – Absence of loss of entitlements to paid annual leave.

• C-531/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-12-19

  HJ v US and MU

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Daily and weekly rest – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2003/88/EC – Articles 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 19 and 22 – Requirement to establish a system enabling the duration of time worked by domestic workers to be measured – Derogation – National legislation exempting domestic workers from the obligation to record actual time worked.

• C-435/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-07-29

  Glavna direktsia 'Granichna politsia' kam Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti v BO

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Social policy – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 12(а) – Articles 20 and 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Safety and health of night workers – Level of protection for night workers appropriate to the nature of their work – Police officers and firefighters performing shift and night work – Public sector workers and private sector workers – Equal treatment.

• C-689/22Court of Justice of the European Union2024-07-24

  S. G. v Unione di Comuni Alta Marmilla

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7(2) – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to paid annual leave – Allowance in lieu of leave not taken paid at the end of the employment relationship – National legislation refusing payment of such an allowance to staff of public administrative authorities, including the managers of those administrative authorities.

• C-41/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-06-27

  AV and Others v Ministero della Giustizia

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clauses 2 and 4 – Principle of non-discrimination – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Honorary members of the judiciary and ordinary members of the judiciary – Clause 5 – Measures intended to penalise improper use of fixed-term contracts – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7 – Paid annual leave.

• C-367/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-06-20

  EA v Artemis security SAS

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 9(1)(a) – Obligation to assess the health of night workers – Employer’s failure to comply with that obligation – Right to compensation – Need to establish the existence of specific harm.

• C-218/22Court of Justice of the European Union2024-01-18

  BU v Comune di Copertino

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7 – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Allowance in lieu of days of leave not taken at the end of the employment relationship – National legislation prohibiting payment of that allowance in the event of the voluntary resignation of a public servant – Control of public expenditure – Organisational needs of the public employer.

• 62022CJ0271Court of Justice of the European Union2023-11-09

  XT and Others v Keolis Agen SARL

  Joined Cases C-271/22 to C-274/22.

• C-57/22Court of Justice of the European Union2023-10-12

  YQ v Ředitelství silnic a dálnic ČR

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7(1) – Right to paid annual leave – Worker unlawfully dismissed and then reinstated in his or her employment by decision of a court – Exclusion from the right to paid annual leave not taken for the period between the dismissal and the reinstatement – Period between the date of dismissal and the date of the reinstatement.

Binding case law

40 judgments the Court itself has marked as interpreting this act.

• C-373/24957a16f7-c757-11ea-adf7-01aa75ed71a12025-10-30

  NI v Republika Hrvatska

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2003/88/EC – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Article 1(3) – Article 2(1) – Concept of ‘working time’ – Activities of public prosecutors – Directive 89/391/EEC – Article 2(2) – Characteristics peculiar to certain specific public service activities – Periods of time on stand-by at the workplace and periods of time on stand-by according to a stand-by system carried out outside of the workplace – Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Fair and just working conditions.

  ECLI:EU:C:2025:842EUR-LexThe Court
• C-110/24957a16f7-c757-11ea-adf7-01aa75ed71a12025-10-09

  Sindicat de Treballadores i Treballadors de les Administracions i els Serveis Publics (STAS - IV) v Valenciana D’ Estrategies i Recursos per a la Sostenibilitat Ambiental SA (VAERSA)

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2003/88/EC – Organisation of working time – Point 1 of Article 2 – Concept of ‘working time’ – Works to improve protected natural areas – Time spent by workers travelling between a fixed point of departure and natural areas – Inclusion of that travelling time in the working time of those workers.

  ECLI:EU:C:2025:768EUR-LexThe Court
• C-253/2415fdff65-be9f-498f-b1aa-755246e40f6e2025-09-04

  Ministero della Giustizia v NZ

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clause 4 – Principle of non-discrimination – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Honorary and ordinary members of the judiciary – Clause 5 – Measures intended to prevent and penalise misuse of successive fixed-term contracts – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7 – Right to paid annual leave – Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Assessment procedure in order to be permanently confirmed as an honorary member of the judiciary – Waiver, by operation of law, of claims arising from service as an honorary member of the judiciary prior to the assessment procedure – Loss of a right to paid annual leave conferred by EU law.

  ECLI:EU:C:2025:660EUR-LexThe Court
• C-37/25Court of Justice of the European Union2025-07-15

  YH v S.E.L.A.S. GTC Dijon (Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Dijon)

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7(1) – Entitlement to paid annual leave – Purposes – Sick leave with no restrictions in terms of outings, enabling a worker to rest and enjoy leisure activities – Absence of loss of entitlements to paid annual leave.

  ECLI:EU:C:2025:586EUR-LexThe Court
• C-531/233ca6f0a7-954d-4b0b-8898-78c385afdf902024-12-19

  HJ v US and MU

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Daily and weekly rest – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Directive 2003/88/EC – Articles 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 19 and 22 – Requirement to establish a system enabling the duration of time worked by domestic workers to be measured – Derogation – National legislation exempting domestic workers from the obligation to record actual time worked.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:1050EUR-LexThe Court
• C-435/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-07-29

  Glavna direktsia 'Granichna politsia' kam Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti v BO

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Social policy – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 12(а) – Articles 20 and 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Safety and health of night workers – Level of protection for night workers appropriate to the nature of their work – Police officers and firefighters performing shift and night work – Public sector workers and private sector workers – Equal treatment.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:671EUR-LexThe Court
• C-689/22fc7a5e9f-5469-11ec-91ac-01aa75ed71a12024-07-24

  S. G. v Unione di Comuni Alta Marmilla

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7(2) – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Organisation of working time – Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to paid annual leave – Allowance in lieu of leave not taken paid at the end of the employment relationship – National legislation refusing payment of such an allowance to staff of public administrative authorities, including the managers of those administrative authorities.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:715EUR-LexThe Court
• C-41/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-06-27

  AV and Others v Ministero della Giustizia

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP – Clauses 2 and 4 – Principle of non-discrimination – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Honorary members of the judiciary and ordinary members of the judiciary – Clause 5 – Measures intended to penalise improper use of fixed-term contracts – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 7 – Paid annual leave.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:554EUR-LexThe Court

Read from the Publications Office of the European Union on 2026-08-22.

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National instruments

• SE Svensk författningssamling, Riksdagen

  Not stated in the register · www.riksdagen.se

• NO Lovdata

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• DK Retsinformation

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• FI Finlex

  Not stated in the register · www.finlex.fi

• DE Gesetze im Internet

  Not stated in the register · www.gesetze-im-internet.de

• UK legislation.gov.uk

  Not stated in the register · www.legislation.gov.uk