Legal regulation of a non-compete clause in the Czech Republic and other chosen countries

This thesis focuses on a complex description of the legal regulation of a non- compete clause in the Czech labour law and also points out to the legal regulation within the labour law in the Slovak Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany. The non-compete clause in the Czech law system is contained not only in the labour law but also in the commercial law to which the author refers, as well. However, the main topic of this thesis is the legal regulation of the non-compete clause within the labour law. Nevertheless, in the Czech Republic there was not always the same opinion on whether this contract between an employer and an employee is valid. Non-compete clauses are frequently included in many other European countries, nevertheless, in some countries are not included at all or are prohibited. This fact, i.e. that the non-compete clause is regulated in many foreign legal systems differently than in the Czech labour law, is one of the reasons why the author chose this topic of the thesis. Moreover, it is an institute of the labour law that is not harmonized by the European Union so we can find plenty of different legal regulations all over the Europe. We can say that non-compete clause is a dynamically developing element of the labour law. With regard to what was already written it is necessary..