Legal Aspects of Human Resources

Training Overview: The employment relationship plays a dominant role in Czech labor relations, both in respect of frequency of occurrence and in respect of volume of work covered by it. Thus it represents the most frequently used form of labor relations in the Czech Republic. The employee protection provided by the Labor Code is based on international standards, by which the Czech Republic is bound, in particular the ILO Covenants on human rights and economic, social and cultural rights, the European Social Charter and EC legislation.

Goals:

• Non-competition clause and other clauses in the contract of employment.
• Understand other types of employment contracts.
• Suspension (interruption) of the contract of employment.
• Termination of the employment relationship (grounds for termination, agreement concerning severance of the employment relationship).
• Relocation of employees (within EU or outside EU).
• Large-scale dismissals (specific provisions regulating collective dismissals, in accordance with Directive 98/59/EC on Collective Redundancies and other provisions).
• Remedies in case of unfair or illegal dismissal or cancellation of the employment relationship.
• Working time (EC directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time, amended by Directive 2000/34/EC. Overtime and shorter working hours below 40 a week. Also, young workers.
• Paid leave and other leave entitlements.

Content:

• Impediments to work. Impediments on the part of employees. Impediments for reason of public interest. Impediments for training and education related to employment. Serious personal impediments to work. Impediments to work on the part of the employer.
• Maternity protection and maternity. Parental Leave (EC directive number 96/34/EC).
• Equal treatment.
• Prohibition of discrimination (Act number 46/2004, 76/207/EC, and 200/78/EC).
• Pay issues.
• Worker’s representation in the company: trade unions and work councils.

Training Methodology: 50% Theory, 50% Practical

This will be an interactive session, drawing from experience and prompting the participants to engage in discussions and analysis of case studies and the readings (provided by the trainer) as well as role-play activities carried out during the training.