Under alle omstændigheder har Dom stolen fastslået, at hvis arbejdstagere i en virksomhed i strid med direktivets artikel 4, stk. 1, afskediges alene på grund af overførslen, betragtes disse arbejdstagere, som om de stadig var ansat i virksomheden, hvilket bevirker, at arbejdsgiverens forpligtelser over for arbejdstagerne uden videre overgår fra overdrageren til erhververen i medfør af direktivets artikel 3, stk. 1.
In any event, the Court has held that, if the employees of an undertaking are dismissed solely as a result of a transfer, contrary to Article 4(1) of the Directive, those employees must be regarded as still in the employ of the undertaking, with the result that the employer's obligations towards them are automatically transferred from the transferor to the transferee in accordance with Article 3(1) of the Directive.