The latest Labor Code amendment, which came into force on January 1, 2013, made substantial changes to employee representation in businesses. Premysl Marek and Elena Chorvatova, lawyers at the Peterka & Partners law firm in Bratislava, are telling Planet Labor. About these measures improving the power of employee representation structures, particularly unions. (Ref. 130234)
Clearer leeway for employers’ unilateral decision. The Labor Code amendment lists situations when the employer can make one-sided decisions in the absence of employee representatives within the company. Before, uncertainty prevailed as regards the possibility for employers, on issues that traditionally require the consent of employee representatives, to make a specific unilateral decision without these representatives.
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