The essential feature of an employment relationship has been considered to be that, for a certain period of time, a person performs services for and under the direction of another person in return for which remuneration is received [6].
Meastar gurb í an ghné ríthábhachtach sa chaidreamh fostaíochta, go ndéanann duine, ar feadh tréimhse áirithe ama, seirbhísí a fheidhmiú i gcomhair duine eile agus faoina stiúradh agus go bhfaigheann sí/sé luach saothair mar chúiteamh air sin.