28In order to establish whether the principle of equivalence has been complied with in the case in the main proceedings, it is for the national court, which alone has direct knowledge of the procedural rules governing actions in the field of employment law, to consider both the purpose and the essential characteristics of allegedly similar domestic actions (see Levez, paragraphs 43; Preston and Others, paragraph 56; and Pontin, paragraph 45).
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