Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky (Czech Republic) lodged on 19 December 2016 — Jitka Svobodová v Česká republika — Okresní soud v Náchodě

(Case C-653/16)

Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud České republiky

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Jitka Svobodová

Defendant: Česká republika — Okresní soud v Náchodě

Questions referred

Does the Czech legislation under which judges are not entitled to remuneration for on-call duty, even though other employees (in the public and private sectors) are entitled to that remuneration on the basis of the Zákoník práce (Labour Code) or other provisions of law, constitute unequal treatment in the field of pay, prohibited by Council Directive 2000/78/EC? ¹

Does the Czech legislation under which all judges (according to the number of years credited) are entitled to the same salary, even though all of them perform a different number of hours of on-call duty, constitute unequal treatment in the field of pay, prohibited by Council Directive 2000/78/EC?

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¹     Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16).