In this article a rather bold thesis that the Labour Code does not constitute an obligation of distinguishing the basic remuneration for all employees was expressed. In order to justify the presented opinion de lege lata analysis of the provisions of the Labour Code concerning the basic remuneration of private sector employees was made. This task was hampered by the fact that the Labour Code does not refer directly to basic remuneration for employees in the private sector. Therefore first deliberations aim at establishing the place of appearing of the title remuneration in the Code regulation. Next the inquiry focus on the sources of determining the basic remuneration and on the analysis of the place and position of the title remuneration i...