{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-533/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-533/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Expatriate employees",
  "text": "1. Where an employee is required to work in a country or countries other than the Member State whose law and/or practice governs the contract or employment relationship, the documents) referred to in Article 3 must be in his/her possession before his/her departure and must include at least the following additional information:\n(a) the duration of the employment abroad;\n(b) the currency to be used for the payment of remuneration;\n(c) where appropriate, the benefits in cash or kind attendant on the employment abroad;\n(d) where appropriate, the conditions governing the employee's repatriation.\n2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 (b) and (c) may, where appropriate, be given in the form of a reference to the laws, regulations and administrative or statutory provisions or collective agreements governing those particular points.\n3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if the duration of the employment outside the country whose law and/or practice governs the contract or employment relationship is one month or less.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/533/article/4",
    "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."
}