Publication details
Smluvní pokuta v pracovněprávních vztazích: nemožnost jejího sjednání nebo jen výkladová tradice?
| Title in English | Contractual Penalty in Employment Relationships: Impossibility to Agreed upon or Interpretation of Tradition? |
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Peer-reviewed scientific article |
| Magazine / Source | Pravnik |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.ilaw.cas.cz/casopisy-a-knihy/casopisy/casopis-pravnik/archiv/2026/2026-7.html?a=4042 |
| Keywords | contractual penalty; contractual freedom; autonomy of the will; dispozity; principle of employee protection; principle of the employer's interest in the proper performance of the employee; non-compete clause |
| Description | In this article, author interprets § 346d(7) and § 346e of the Labour Code. To this end, the author first outlines the historical evolution of the legal framework—and its interpretation—regarding the admissibility of contractual penalties in employment relationships from the time the Labour Code entered into force to the present day. Subsequently, author proceeds to interpret the aforementioned provisions. According to the prevailing interpretation, in employment relationships any obligation can’t be secured by contractual penalty, with the sole exception of an employee's obligations arising from non-compete clauses. In this regard, the author presents a new well argued perspective that differs from the established interpretation of § 346d(7) and § 346e of the Labour Code and the general prohibitions on contractual penalties in employment relationships. |
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