Wagner Miret v Fondo de Garantia Salaria [1993]

Questions on the interpretation of Council Directive 80/987 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer, as amended by Council Directive 87/164, were raised in proceedings in which the plaintiff, a member of the management of an undertaking which had become insolvent, sought payment of arrears of salary from the Fondo de Garantia Salarial.

Held, that higher management staff may not be excluded from the…