Open AccessThe concept of employment contract in European Union private law
Author(s) -
Georges A. J. Cavalier,
Robert Upex
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
hal (le centre pour la communication scientifique directe)
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.1093/iclq/lei000
Subject(s) - labour law , european union , business , law , employment contract , law and economics , political science , economics , international trade , work (physics) , engineering , mechanical engineering
International audienceThis article provides a thorough analysis of the employment contract in compararative Euopean private law and Community law. It argues that a common concept of employment contract should prevail in European private law. In that respect, the autonomous and broad interpretation which has been given to the term "worker" in Community law could be a basis for adoption of an autonomous concept of the employment contract in European private law