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Termination of the employment relationship by employer by notice without giving a reason in labour law in the Czech Republic

Author(s): Hana Dejmková
Subject(s): Civil Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: problems of termination; employment relationship; Czechia; european social charter; European Union; actual legal egulations;

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the problem of termination of the employment relationship by employer by notice without giving a reason in labour law in the Czech Republic. According to the Act No. 262/2006 Coll., Labour Code, as amended, in comparison with employer, who can terminate the employment relationship only from strictly defined reasons, employee can terminate the employment relationship by notice without giving a reason or by notice from whatever reason. This article tries to answer the question, what condition on employer in the Czech Republic could terminate the employment relationship by notice without giving a reason. It deals also with this problem from point of view of international law (European Social Charter, revised European Social Charter and Convention of the International Labour Organization No. 158 from 22nd June 1982, concerning Termination of Employment at the Initiative of the Employer) and of law of the European Union (Charter of Fundamental Human Rights of the European Union). This article is based on actual legal regulation to the 1st June 2012, on established judicature and on opinions of various experts.

  • Issue Year: 20/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 186-192
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech