Union syndicale Solidaires Isère v Premier ministre and Others (C-428/09)

Judgment of 14 Oct 2010

law://eu/cjeu/2009/c-428-09/para_28@2026-11-12

28The consequence of that fact is that, for the purposes of applying Directive 2003/88, that concept may not be interpreted differently according to the law of Member States but has an autonomous meaning specific to European Union law. The concept must be defined in accordance with objective criteria which distinguish the employment relationship by reference to the rights and duties of the persons concerned. The essential feature of an employment relationship, however, is that for a certain period of time a person performs services for and under the direction of another person in return for which he receives remuneration (see, by analogy, for the purposes of Article 39 EC, Case 66/85 Lawrie-Blum [1986] ECR 2121, paragraphs 16 and 17, and also Case C-138/02 Collins [2004] ECR I-2703, paragraph 26).

Union syndicale Solidaires Isère v Premier ministre and Others (C-428/09)

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