Termination of employment contract

Predmet ovog rada je prestanak ugovora o radu u hrvatskoj praksi i pravu. Pravne norme koje uređuju prestanak ugovora o radu imaju središnje mjesto u modernom radnom pravu i predmet su stalnog znanstvenog interesa. Prestanak radnog odnosa predstavlja uvijek aktualan predmet proučavanja zbog važnih socijalnih i ekonomskih posljedica koje za radnika ima gubitak radnog mjesta. Zakoni koji ograničavaju ugovornu slobodu poslodavca, odnosno njegove upravljačke ovlasti da raskine radni odnos, danas su svojstveni gotovo svim nacionalnim pravnim sustavima. Svrha je zakonodavstva o prestanku ugovora o radu zajamčiti sigurnost postojećeg radnog odnosa donošenjem propisa kojima se radnici štite od arbitrarnih odluka poslodavca: utvrđivanjem opravdanih razloga za prestanak ugovora o radu, kao pretpostavke valjanosti prestanka, te temeljnih pravila postupka otkazivanja ili drugih načina prestanka ugovora o radu. Prikazani pravni okvir nije nepromjenjiva kategorija. Na suvremene radne odnose znatno utječe zahtjev stvaranja prilagodljivog i konkurentnog tržišta rada. Strogi propisi o radnim odnosima često se ističu kao zapreka stvaranju i jačanju gospodarske i socijalne dobrobiti, a deregulacija tržišta rada smatra se važnim čimbenikom ekonomskog rasta i otvaranja novih radnih mjesta. Nove tehnologije znatno utječu na promjenu strukture radnika, ali i radne odnose uopće, te nameću novu ulogu ugovoru o radu odnosno radnom odnosu.The subject of this paper is the termination of employment contracts in Croatian practice and law. Legal standards regulating termination of employment contracts have a central place in modern work law and are the subject of permanent scientific interest. Termination of employment is always a current subject of study because of the important social and economic consequences for the worker that has lost a job. Laws that restrict the employer's contractual freedom, or his / her authority to terminate employment, are nowadays inherent in virtually all national legal systems. The purpose of legislation on termination of employment contracts is to guarantee the safety of existing employment through the adoption of regulations protecting workers from arbitrary employer decisions: by establishing legitimate reasons for termination of employment contracts as a prerequisite for the validity of termination, and the basic rules of the cancellation procedure or other means of terminating the employment contract . The presented legal norms are not an unchangeable category. Contemporary labor relations are strongly influenced by the demand for an adaptable and competitive labor market. Strict labor-market regulations are often presented as a barrier to the creation and strengthening of economic and social well-being, and deregulation of the labor market is considered to be an important factor in economic growt hand job creation. New technologies have a strong influence on changing the structure of labor, as well as labor relationships in general, and impose a new role on the employment contract or employment relationship