Влияние стандартов Европейского Союза при создании процедур по защитенарушенных прав работников в области трудового права Литовской Республики

Abstract

The second stage of the reform of the institution of labour disputes started in 2000 after the law on Individual Labour Dispute had come into force. In terms of the reformation of the institution of the labour dispute that was “a reform lor the sake of a reform”, since old problems have not been solved: inappropriate title of the institution, an employee was awarded the right to apply to a Disputes Commission and the court, the duty to maintain a Labour Disputes Commission was “delegated” only to the employer, etc. However, the law envisaged direct negotiation between the employee and the employer (or its authorised representative). In terms of the EU standard application, that was the first try. However, the law did not provide the definition of the mentioned negotiation, did not solve the question of its peremptoriness and did not plan any guarantee system to encourage the parties to seek for negotiation and their successful completion. [...]