{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-533/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-533/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1991/533",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship (91/533/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-533",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Directive shall apply to every paid employee having a contract or employment relationship defined by the law in force in a Member State and/or governed by the law in force in a Member State.\n2. Member States may provide that this Directive shall not apply to employees having a contract or employment relationship:\n(a) with a total duration not exceeding one month, and/or\nwith a working week not exceeding eight hours; or\n(b) of a casual and/or specific nature provided, in these cases, that its non-application is justified by objective considerations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/533/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:24.153399+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}