Czech collective employment law remains to be quite far from the Western European tradition. Once rich and flourishing, the CZech collective employment law world had been profoundly changed during the Nazi and mainly Communist Era, where the role assigned to collective agreements was diminished to a soft plan implementing directives of the State. After our return to democracy, it is obvious that we had to adopt not only new democratic regulations but also to re-build informal structures Because of suppressed role of trade unions, poor level of social dialogue and a number of statutory regulations, Czech collective agreements are sursed to play only a secondary role even in the near future.
Once rich and flourishing Czech collective labour law world has been profoundly changed during Nazi and mainly Communistic Ara, where the role assigned to collective agreements was diminished to a soft plan implementing directives of the state. After our return to democracy, it is obvious that we have to adopt not only regulations but also to re-build informal structures. The principle of favour has been allowed in Czech labour law only to a limited extent not mainly owing to a constant wave of legal reforms and statutes amendments but because it takes too much time to re-shape scholars, justices and legal practitioners educated in different legal cultures to think creatively.
In the context of European social and legal culture, the legislature, through family policy, including the legislative measures of the labor legislature, creates conditions for employees - women and men taking care of children and other dependents - not to be subject to economic and social instability. The study analyzes the minimum standards of Directive 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers and examines the degree of compliance of the required measures with the legislation of the Slovak Republic. We also identify the challenges the country faces in transposing the Directive, including the requirement to introduce a paternity leave institute and the possibility of addressing its financial coverage.
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