Ryanair DAC v Lutz

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — Contract — Worker

[2023] EAT 146; [2024] IRLR 299, EAT

EMPLOYMENT — Working time provisions — Paid annual leave — Claimant pilot supplied by company to airline — Claimant bringing claim against company seeking annual unpaid leave — Whether claimant “crew member” and/ or “worker” — Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/756), reg 3 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, arts 31,47

[2025] EWCA Civ 849; [2025] ICR 1448; [2026] 1 All ER 17; [2025] IRLR 764; [2025] WLR(D) 358, CA

EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Agency worker — Claimant bringing claim against company and airline for equal terms — Whether claimant “agency worker” — Agency Worker Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93), reg 3

[2025] EWCA Civ 849; [2025] ICR 1448; [2026] 1 All ER 17; [2025] IRLR 764; [2025] WLR(D) 358, CA

EMPLOYMENT — Working time provisions — Paid annual leave — Claimant pilot supplied by company to airline — Claimant bringing claim against company seeking unpaid annual leave — Whether claimant “crew member” and/or “worker” — Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/756), reg 3

[2025] EWCA Civ 849; [2025] ICR 1448; [2026] 1 All ER 17; [2025] IRLR 764; [2025] WLR(D) 358, CA

Appellate History