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Cabinet Okays Ban on Applying Collective Agreements to Whole Sector
Wednesday 20 Octtber 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) - An amendment to the Collective Negotiations Act prohibiting the practice of making 'higher-level' collective agreements binding for all companies in the given sectors without their consent was approved at a government session on Wednesday, TASR learnt on the same day.
The proposal was drawn up by a group of coalition MPs, namely Stanislav Janis and former labour minister Ludovit Kanik from SDKU-DS, Ludovit Jurcik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS), Alojz Pridal (the Christian Democrats/KDH) and Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid).
However, the Labour Ministry stated that the amendment contains several inconsistencies that will need to be removed during the approval process in Parliament.
The drafters of the measure claim that the initiative will stop employers from laying off staff due to the excessive requirements imposed on them.
The previous wording, which was drawn up during the tenure of former labour minister Viera Tomanova and which the current coalition legislators aim to amend, ran against the principles of free entrepreneurship and the rule of law as such because nobody should be forced to conclude an agreement against their will, argue the drafters.
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