Overview

• The TSJCV’s Second Section overturned a lower court decision that had nullified UV’s June 2023 amendment requiring Valencian for internal communications.
• Judges found the change to article 10 of the university’s language regulations merely formalizes a practice already in place and does not restrict employee rights.
• The ruling distinguishes this case from a Constitutional Court precedent on municipal representatives by noting the university’s hierarchical statutory relationship with its staff.
• One magistrate issued a dissenting opinion and the decision remains subject to cassation appeal before the Supreme Court’s Contentious-Administrative Chamber.
• Under the upheld policy, all internal documentation and communications to UV personnel must be drafted exclusively in Valencian in accordance with staff’s statutory duty.