19.3.2011
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 89/4
Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) made on 13 December 2010 — The United States of America v Christine Nolan
(Case C-583/10)
2011/C 89/08
Language of the case: English
Referring court
Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: The United States of America
Defendant: Christine Nolan
Question referred
Does the employer's obligation to consult about collective redundancies, pursuant to Directive 98/59/EC (1), arise (i) when the employer is proposing, but has not yet made, a strategic business or operational decision that will foreseeably or inevitably lead to collective redundancies; or (ii) only when that decision has actually been made and he is then proposing consequential redundancies?
(1) Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies
OJ L 225, p. 16
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