Judgment_paragraph 2 · D. J. v Radiotelevizija Slovenija (C-344/19)

2The request has been made in proceedings between D. J. and Radiotelevizija Slovenija concerning the salary claimed by D. J. for services consisting in stand-by time according to a stand-by system that he had provided. It should be noted at the outset that, in the context of the present judgment, the term ‘stand-by’ covers, generically, all of the periods during which the worker remains available for his or her employer, in order to ensure that work is provided, at the employer’s request; whereas the expression ‘stand-by time according to a stand-by system’ covers those periods of stand-by time during which the employee is not required to remain at his or her workplace.