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The Different Approaches to the Right to Strike

Author(s): Juraj Hamuľák
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Right to strike; Constitutional strike; Legal strike; Illegality; The Constitution; Labour Code; The Collective Bargaining Act; trade union body; Strike Committee

Summary/Abstract: The contribution deals with the comparison of the constitutional and statutory regulation of the right to strike in the Slovak Republic. In the introduction the author defines the concepts and historical aspects of the development of the right to strike. Consequently, he provides an overview of the relevant international and national legislation, which concerns the right to strike. The author points on the differences in understanding of the right to strike in constitutional and statutory regulation as they are perceived in the case-law of Slovak and Czech courts. The author underlines the view of the doctrine on the issue, points to the examples of practice and claims the need for new legislation. Here he introduces necessary proposals de lege ferenda.

  • Issue Year: 10/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 181-191
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak