08-10-2013

ECJ rules on applicable law of Employment Contract

By Stephen Musgrave

    The European Court of Justice has provided a useful reminder that where a contract of employment contains no choice of law clause, the law applicable will not always be the law of the country where the employee works. Under the Rome Convention, a national court can find the applicable law is that of another country with which the employee has a closer connection.

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