Some Issues about Challenging the Legality of Contest Procedure Held under the Labor Code Cover Image

По някои въпроси относно оспорването на законосъобразността на конкурс, проведен по Кодекса на труда
Some Issues about Challenging the Legality of Contest Procedure Held under the Labor Code

Author(s): Nicoletta Lazarova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Court case, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Contest; Legality; Unsuccessful Candidate; Access to Justice; Fair Trial; Labour Code

Summary/Abstract: This article treats the challenging before the court the legality of contest procedure as a basis for employment. The problem that arises in practice is a result of the lack in the Labour Code of an explicit clause about judicial control over legality of the contest. The essential question concerns the persons having legal interest to bring before the court the contest case. According to the current legislation, the persons who have taken part in the proceeding but lost the case do not have a direct way to challenge its legality, as they are not a party to the employment relationship. Therefore, the dispute cannot be an employment one under the meaning of Art. 357, Para. 1 CT. The article pays special attention to a new trend in the case law, which creates a legal opportunity to implement indirect judicial control over the legality of the contest within the litigation procedure aiming at termination of employment contract - for example - the termination of employment contract under Art. 325, para. 1, item 8 CT.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-74
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian