Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 9 July 2026.#Hortis GRC SA v JA and France Travail Île-de-France, anciennement Pôle emploi Île-de-France.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations – Article 3 – Choice made by the parties – Article 6 – Contract of employment – Mandatory rules of the law which would be applicable in the absence of choice – Determination of the applicable law – Contract of employment more closely connected with another country – Criteria for assessment – Closer connections resulting, in the performance of a contract of employment, from the parties’ choice of the law applicable to that contract.#Case C-768/24.