Darbuotojų teisių apsauga verslo ar verslo dalies perdavimo atveju ; Safeguarding employees' rights in the event of transfer of undertaking (business) or parts of undertaking (business)

Abstract

Provisions relating to employment rights on the transfer of an undertaking are contained in Council Directive 2001/23/EC which is to be an invaluable instrument for the protection of workers in the event of the reorganization of an undertaking, ensuring peaceful and consensual restructuring. This act includes two main aspects – the conception of transfer of undertaking and workers' rights under it. However, during the transfer not only the transferor and the transferee but also the employees as a part of an undertaking have the interest in the outcome of the action. Therefore, master thesis comprises of four parts mainly dealing with the understanding of employees' guarantees, the regulation of transfer, criterions and factors, determining the fact of transfer in European Union and Lithuania, workers' individual expectations (e. g. protection against dismissal – the transfer of the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business can not in itself constitute grounds for dismissal by the transferor or the transferee, guaranteeing automatic transfer of the employment relationship etc.), collective privileges (obligation on the transferee to respect the terms of pre-existing agreement at least for one year, information and consultation of the representatives of the employees affected by the transfer, etc.). The Fourth part of the Thesis is important for practitioners. It concerns practical aspects of transferring of labour agreements and analyzes the provisions of Labour code. Also, it has been touched the practice of European Court of Justice, Poland's view in some questions and the controversial "outsourcing".