Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 April 2020

B v Yodel Delivery Network Ltd

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Watford Employment Tribunal

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Directive 2003/88/EC — Organisation of working time — Concept of ‘worker’ — Parcel delivery undertaking — Classification of couriers engaged under a services agreement — Possibility for a courier to engage subcontractors and to perform similar services concurrently for third parties

Case C-692/19


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Order (OJ)
14/08/2020 Yodel Delivery Network
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2020:288
22/04/2020 Yodel Delivery Network
Order (Information)
ECLI:EU:C:2020:288
22/04/2020 Yodel Delivery Network
Application (OJ)
29/11/2019 Yodel Delivery Network
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.14 Social policy
    4.14.05 Protection of the health and safety of workers


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

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Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

22/04/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Yodel Delivery Network

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Loiseau, Grégoire: Statut juridique des travailleurs des plateformes : la CJUE prend position, La Semaine Juridique - Social 2020 nº 22 p. 38-41 (FR)
  2. Said, S.: HvJ EU 22-04-2020, C-692/19 : noot, Jurisprudentie arbeidsrecht 2020 nº 8 p. 1478-1479 (NL)
  3. Gundt, N.: Het onderscheid tussen werknemer en zelfstandige in de Arbeidstijdenrichtlijn : noot, Tijdschrift Recht en Arbeid 2020 nº 11 p. 25-26 (NL)
  4. Robin-Olivier, Sophie: IX. Droits sociaux - Cour de justice, 8e ch., 22 avril 2020, Yodel, aff. C-692/19, ECLI:EU:C:2020:288, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2020. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2021, p. 507-512 (FR)
  5. Robin-Olivier, Sophie: Chronique Politique sociale de l'UE - Le champ d'application du droit social de l'Union : trop vaste ou trop étroit ?, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2022, n° 2, p. 289-295 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Watford Employment Tribunal - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of movement for persons
  • - Freedom of movement for workers
  • Social policy
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

The Working Time Regulations 1998, 01/10/1998

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Huitième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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