contract of employment subject to private law

a contract which is governed by English law

private employment law | individual employment law

private contract on financial instruments

Federal Act of 1 April 1949 on Restrictions on the Termination of Employment Contracts while on Military Service

Grievances, Contract Interpretation, management Rights

Working Group of the Hague Conference on Private International Law

By way of example, there is a Decision of the House of Lords of 1958 which had regard to Indian legislation prohibiting jute exports to South Africa in a case concerning a contract governed by English law.

The nature of the legal relationship between the employee and the employer is of no consequence in terms of determining the former’s status as a worker: public law status (civil servants and public sector employees with a work relationship under public law) and private law contracts (also in the public sector) are covered[34]; a person with a contract for occasional employment, such as an on-call contract[35], would also fall within the definition of a worker as long as the activities performed are effective and genuine and fulfil other conditions in the EU definition.

Delivering on the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Commission presented a legislative proposal to improve work-life balance of working parents and carers, and launched social partner consultations to modernise the rules on labour contracts and on access to social protection for all.

(a) disputes arising out of contracts or other disputes of a private law character to which the United Nations is a party;