Obstacle at Employee’s Work in the Performance of Trade Union Function

Abstract

The scientific paper deals with an analysis of the relevant provisions of the Labour Code of the Slovak Republic concerning providing the working time off for employees to perform a trade union function. Based on the experience, the authors point out on the existing differences in individual legal institutes (comparison of the institute of obstacle at employee’s work and the institute of providing the working time off to perform trade union activities). The subject of legal interpretation is also the issue of employee’s material security during the time off from the employer and the interpretation of chosen employee’s labour-law rights.

Keywords

• labour law
• labour code
• obstacle at employee’s work
• working time off
• wage compensation
• trade union
• employee
• employer
• the slovak republic