Dependent work
Dependent work is work performed:
- in a relationship where the employer is superior, and the employee is subordinate;
- personally, by the employee for the employer;
- under the employer's direction,
- on behalf of the employer,
- during working hours specified by the employer.
Dependent work may only be performed in an employment relationship or in a similar working relationship. Only exceptionally and under the conditions stipulated in this Act, work may also be performed in another relationship governed by the labour law.
Employment relationship is a relationship established by an employment contract. Dependent work cannot be performed in a relationship established by a civil or commercial contract.
Dependent work is defined in Section 1(2) of the Labour Code.