Practice Guide : Jurisdiction and applicable law in international disputes between the employee and the employer

The Practice Guide intends to give an overview of the relevant current legal provisions (including case law) on matters of private international law and posting in the area of employment contracts to assist practitioners . This Guide is not intended to be legally authoritative, nor does it purport to be comprehensive . The content of this Guide is without prejudice to the legal interpretation by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of the legal instruments referred to in this Guide.

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Year of publication:	2016
Institutions:	Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz und Verbraucher ; Europäische Kommission / Europäisches Justizielles Netz für Zivil- und Handelssachen (contributor)
Publisher:	Europäische Kommission / Amt für Veröffentlichungen
Subject:	Arbeitgeber \| employer \| Arbeitnehmer \| wage or salary earner \| Arbeitsrecht \| labor law \| Beschäftigung \| employment \| EU \| Freizügigkeit \| freedom of movement \| Gerichtsbarkeit \| jurisdiction \| Handbuch \| manual \| Handelsrecht \| Commercial Law \| internationales Recht \| international law \| Privatrecht \| private law \| Recht \| law \| Rechtsvorschrift \| legislative provision \| Vertrag \| contract \| Völkerrecht \| law of nations

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The purpose and legal status of the Practice Guide
Introduction
1. What matters does this Guide cover?
What type of relationships are covered?
How to determine whether the party is ‘an employee’ within the meaning of the Brussels I Regulation and the Rome I Regulation and thus can benefit from the protective regimes foreseen in these Regulations?
Are employees established in third countries covered?
What about ‘bogus self-employment’?
What types of employment claims are covered?
Who is the employer?
2. Which court is competent to hear the employment dispute?
Where can the employer sue the employee?
Where can the employee sue the employer?
Where is the employer domiciled?
3. Which law is applicable to the employment dispute?Limited party autonomy
What is covered by the applicable law
Hierarchy of connecting factors
Escape clause
4. What if the employee has been posted to another country under the Posted Workers Directive (Directive 96/71/EC)?
Jurisdiction
Applicable law
5. Jurisprudence of the ECJ
What is the habitual place of work?
What is the place of hiring?
What is the escape clause in the Rome I Regulation?
Does the law applicable to the contract of employment determine whether an employment claim can be assigned?
What about party autonomy to conclude choice of court agreements?
6. Overall conclusions

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