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ARTICLE · 22 APRIL 2026

Francisco Javier Ramón Analyses The Latest CJEU Ruling On Temporary Public Employment

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The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark ruling in the Obadal case that fundamentally challenges Spain's approach to managing abusive temporary employment in public administrations. This judgment questions whether Spanish mechanisms for addressing irregular contract chaining meet European standards of effectiveness, proportionality, and deterrent effect, with far-reaching implications for indefinite non-permanent workers...

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A new European judgment fundamentally challenges the formulas Spain has used so far to manage abusive temporary employment in public administrations

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) once again turns its attention to temporary public employment. The judgment delivered in case C-418/24, known as the Obadal case, and made public yesterday, issues a warning that is difficult to ignore: the mechanisms with which the Spanish legal system has addressed the irregular chaining of contracts and appointments in the public sector do not meet the European standard of effectiveness, proportionality and deterrent effect.

The implications of the ruling go far beyond the specific case. They affect the status of “indefinite non-permanent” workers, severance compensation, and the mechanisms of administrative liability. Its reasoning is also applicable to both labour staff and interim civil servants.

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