Dual Scale of Rights Upheld When Based on Objective and Reasonable Grounds
The Audiencia Nacional Employment Chamber judgment of 25 February 2009 confirmed the legality of the dual scale of rights (mainly in relation to salary) regulated by the current CLH (Tierra) collective bargaining agreement. This company originated from the State-owned company CAMPSA, which lost its oil monopoly under Law 34/92 and was forced to adapt to the oil sector legislation under European law, open to competition. This substantial change of circumstances resulted in the creation of a number of entities. The most important of these was CLH (Tierra), whose main activity is the distribution of liquid hydrocarbons in Spain through the management of oil pipelines.