Judgment_paragraph 25 · Peter Bosworth and Colin Hurley v Arcadia Petroleum Limited and Others (C-603/17)

25As regards the concept of ‘employee’, it must also be recalled that, as the Court has consistently held, that 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 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, in particular, judgment of 20 September 2007, Kiiski, C‑116/06, EU:C:2007:536, paragraph 25 and the case-law cited).