Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) made on 17 July 2017 – Dermod Patrick O'Brien v Ministry of Justice (Formerly the Department for Constitutional Affairs)
(Case C-432/17)
Language of the case: English
Referring court
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Dermod Patrick O'Brien
Defendant: Ministry of Justice (Formerly the Department for Constitutional Affairs)
Questions referred
Does Directive 97/811 , and in particular clause 4 of the Framework Agreement annexed thereto concerning the principle of nondiscrimination, require that periods of service prior to the deadline for transposing the Directive should be taken into account when calculating the amount of the retirement pension of a part-time worker, if they would be taken into account when calculating the pension of a comparable full-time worker?
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1 Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC - Annex : Framework agreement on part-time work (OJ 1998, L 14, p. 9)