Summary

This article provides an overview of Part I of the draft Labour Code and the key issues to be resolved. The author examines amendments concerning employment contracts planned to be introduced in the codification of labour legislation. The author analyses the definition of employer, mandatory terms of employment contracts, conclusion of employment contracts for a specified period, issues relating to the alteration of employment contracts, collective dismissal, the legal status of employees upon transfer of an undertaking or its part, and the bases and procedure for termination of employment contracts. Further, the author states that the Ministry of Justice plans to include the rules regulating employment contracts in the Law of Obligations Act. Part I of the draft Labour Code is based on the principle that employment law should continue to exist as an independent branch of law.