The national court follow-up in the CJEU case "Sindicatul Familia e.a.” regarding the working time of foster parents in Romania

Răzvan Anghel

doi:10.46282/blr.2020.4.1.177

Authors

Răzvan Anghel Constanta Court Of Appeal; University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5374-9862

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46282/blr.2020.4.1.177

Keywords:

working time, foster carer, children, workers, labour law, EU law, Romanian law

Abstract

The CJEU judgement in Sindicatul Familia case (C‑147/17) is a steppingstone for the working time Directive 2003/88 interpretation and application and for the European debate regarding the foster carer for children statute, remuneration and working time. The article presents the national court decision fallowing the CJEU judgement accompanied by the author commentaries. The purpose of the article is to offer to legal professionals the information on the practical result of the dialog between CJEU and national courts and the way national courts uses the European legislation interpretations given in the preliminary ruling procedure that aims an uniform application of it in the EU member states.

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