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Dita Danosa v LKB Līzings SIA (C-232/09)
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Dita Danosa v LKB Līzings SIA (C-232/09)

Judgment of 11 Nov 2010law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-232-09/para_46@2026-11-11

46The answer to the question whether a relationship of subordination exists within the meaning of the above definition of the concept of ‘worker’ must, in each particular case, be arrived at on the basis of all the factors and circumstances characterising the relationship between the parties.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-232/09 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:674
Decided: 11 Nov 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Augstākās Tiesas Senāts (Latvia)
Applicant: Dita Danosa
Defendant: LKB Līzings SIA
Rapporteur: A. Ó Caoimh
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 5 judges
J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, A. Arabadjiev, A. Rosas, A. Ó Caoimh, P. Lindh
Language: Latvian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62009CJ0232

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Interprets 2: Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions; Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
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Cites 20: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Deborah Lawrie-Blum v Land Baden-Württemberg (66/85); Debra Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College, Education Lecturing Services, trading as Protocol Professional and Secretary of State for Education and Employment (C-256/01); Sari Kiiski v Tampereen kaupunki (C-116/06); Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (Text with EEA relevance); Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions; Council Directive 97/80/EC of 15 December 1997 on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex; Salomone Haim v Kassenzahnärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein (C-424/97); Nadine Paquay v Société d’architectes Hoet + Minne SPRL (C-460/06); Carole Louise Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd (C-32/93); World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Others v Autonome Provinz Bozen and Others (C-435/97); I. Bettray v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (344/87); Mary Brown v Rentokil Ltd (C-394/96); Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (C-179/88); Council Directive 86/613/EEC of 11 December 1986 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity, including agriculture, in a self-employed capacity, and on the protection of self-employed women during pregnancy and motherhood; Tele Danmark A/S v Handels- og Kontorfunktionærernes Forbund i Danmark (HK) (C-109/00); North Western Health Board v Margaret McKenna (C-191/03); V. J. M. Raulin v Minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen (C-357/89); Athanasios Vatsouras and Josif Koupatantze v Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) Nürnberg 900 (C-22/08); Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)