Author: Leszek Mitrus Title: Czterdzieści lat obowiązywania kodeksu

Author: Leszek Mitrus
Title: Czterdzieści lat obowiązywania kodeksu pracy oraz perspektywy jego rozwoju / Forty years of
the Labour Code and its development perspectives
Source: Kwartalnik Prawa Prywatnego („Quarterly of Private Law”)
Year: 2015, vol: XXIV, number 4, pages: 765-783
Keywords: Labour Code, development of labour law, re-codification of labour law
Discipline: Law (Labour Law)
Language: Polish
Document type: Article
Publication order reference: Jagiellonian University, Cracow
Abstract:
The present elaboration is dedicated to the analysis of the Labour Code, which took effect in
1975. Author presents the main directions of the development of the Labour Code within last forty
years, especially with regard to adaptation of labour law to new economic circumstances after the
breakthrough in 1989 and implementation of the directives of the European Union. He emphasizes
qualities and shortcomings of the Labour Code, including its scope, structure, legislative technique and
lack of stability. The possibility of enacting the new Labour Code is considered as well.