Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 May 2022.#HJ v Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 2008/94/EC – Protection of employees in the event of their employer’s insolvency – Article 2(2) – Concept of ‘employee’ – Article 12(a) and (c) – Limitations on the responsibility of the guarantee institutions – Person exercising, on the basis of a contract of employment entered into with a trading company, the functions of a management board member and chief executive officer of that company – Concurrent exercise of functions – National case-law refusing that person the benefit of the guarantees laid down by that directive.#Case C-101/21.