Employment law cases

Francisco Hernández Vidal SA v Gómez Pérez and others [1999] IRLR 132 ECJ

Reports relating to this case:

  • Francisco Hernandez Vidal SA v Gomez Perez and others

    Date:
    11 February 1999

    In Francisco HernandezVidal SA v Gomez Perez and others [1999] IRLR 132 ECJ, the European Court of Justice held that, for the purposes of EC Business Transfers Directive 77/187, an organised grouping of wage earners who are specifically and permanently assigned to a common task may, in the absence of other factors of production, amount to an economic entity.