Kücük v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Employing someone on successive fixed-term contracts continually to cover for various other staff taking family leave did not, in itself, breach EU law on fixed-term work, even though this cover continued for many years. A temporary need to replace permanent staff can amount to an objective reason justifying the use of such successive fixed-term contracts but that is up to the national courts to decide.
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