Collective bargaining

Abstract

Rigorózní práce Kolektivní vyjednávání Mgr. David Kavan Abstract The thesis deals with the collective bargaining as it is nowadays (the thesis reflects the status as of September 1, 2014) understood and regulated by the Czech law. This understanding and regulation has been compared to the understanding of the collective bargaining under the documents of the public international law. The thesis focuses on the legal regulation of the collective bargaining and of other legal issues that are of importance for the collective bargaining as they can be found in the Czech national law, in the public international law and in the sources of the European law. The author has been dealing with the persons and entities that are concerned by or involved in the collective bargaining and with the different levels the collective bargaining can take place at. He has been describing also the procedure of the collective bargaining and the proceedings that apply within its framework. The author has been concentrating on the collective agreement as well, as it is the typical and most important outcome of the collective bargaining. At the end the thesis focuses on the situation where the parties to the collective bargaining are not able to reach their consensus on the collective agreement and on the legal instruments they can use..