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Journal: Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej

Sources of financing of the activity of trade unions

Helena Szewczyk

Language: PL | Published: 21-11-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-25

The Trade Unions Act does not name all the sources of internal and external financing of trade unions. The sources include membership fees, donations from third parties or income from business activities conducted by the association. It is hard not to notice, de lege lata, problems related to the rights of trade unions and their future role in the area of ​​labor relations under the current provisions of the Trade Unions Act concerning the functioning of trade unions, e.g., regarding the financing of their activities. Undoubtedly, the current model of financing employee representation is far from perfect. Due to cases of abuse of Art. 24 of the Trade Unions Act, one should in particular call for a change in the current model in which trade unions
independently use their own legal personality when conducting business operations.

2023-11-21



Journal: Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej

The Future of Collective Disputes in the Context of the Right to Undertake Collective Action

Karol Michał Sołtys

Language: PL | Published: 31-03-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-21

Karol Sołtys’s aim in this article is to identify future threats in the area of collective disputes. He examines in detail three issues: the monopoly that trade unions have on organising strikes against the background of the low level of workers’ membership in trade unions; the employer’s passivity towards the possibility of the simultaneous organisation of numerous strikes in the workplace; the right to lockout. In view of the threats discussed in the article, it is necessary to open a debate in Polish labour law over the adoption of exceptions to the said trade unions’ monopoly on organising strikes. The debate should consider the possibility of a liberalisation of regulations concerning the representation of employees. In the context of employer protection, special attention should be paid to the right to retaliatory lockout.

2022-03-31



Journal: Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej

Platform work as a manifestation of a new form of employment in the era of the fourth industrial revolution

Tomasz Mirosławski

Language: EN | Published: 19-04-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-16

The aim of this paper is to analyse a new form of employment which has appeared in the Polish labour market in recent years, i.e. work via digital platforms. The author discusses the issue of platform work in the context of its impact on the current labour market. Particular attention is paid to the identification of threats connected with this new form of employment, the demands of the European and Polish trade unions put forward in relation to platform workers and the regulations planned in this field at the EU level. The author also shares his reflections on the practices applied by the owners of digital platforms and the effective method of their control by Member States.

2023-04-19