Transfer of rights and obligations arising from employment relationships

Transfer of rights and obligations arising from employment relationships Abstract The thesis deals with the legal institute of transfer of rights and obligations arising from employment relationships, which is regulated both at European and national level. At the European level, this institute is regulated under Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses. At the national level, the institute is regulated under Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, which has recently been amended by Act No. 285/2020 Coll. amending Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, as amended, and certain other related acts. This amendment has fundamentally changed the Czech regulation thereof. The main objective of the thesis is to compare the Czech regulation on the transfer of rights and obligations in the wording prior to and after the aforesaid amendment, with the legislation at the European level. The author also offers his assessment of the current Czech legislation regarding the transfer of rights and obligations and possible de lege ferenda solutions. The thesis is divided into 5 chapters. In the first chapter, the author deals..