Social labour inspection – imperfecti on of regulation

The aim of the present study is drawing attention to a problem of social labour inspection. The author analyzes three problematic issues in the present legal state: organisation of social labour inspection, election of social labour inspectors and number of social labour inspectors.

Selected intertemporal issues under the Art. 9 and 13 of the Act of 10 September 2015 on amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The aim of the present study is drawing attention to a problem of amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure. The author analyzes two problematic issues in the present legal state: changes in arbitrage and mediation and costs of mediation.

Substantive amendment of the defendant’s claim (bringing a third party action) in cases with the employee’s action.

The Article describes substantive amendment of the defendant’s claim in cases with the employee’s action. The Author presents differences in bringing a third party action resulting from specificity of cases dealing with labour law, especially with the court’s ex officio acitivities.

Supervision of dispositive activities in matters of labor law and social security.

The Code of Civil Procedure is based, inter alia, on the principle of availability. This principle means that the parties to the proceedings are free to undertake procedural actions and revoke them. This entitlement is limited in judicial proceedings by the control of such action. These checks are taken by the court. The scope of this audit is broader with regard to the dysfunctional activities undertaken by the employee, the insured in matters of labor law and social security. It seems that it is too wide, especially with respect to appeals against judicial decisions. Th is review is doubtful as to the fact that the authority that issued the specifi c judgment has to assess the admissibility of the withdrawal of the appeal against such a ruling.

What does the decent pension mean?

It is generally considered that every retirement pension, even the lowest, shall be ‘decent’. The legislator does not define this term. He does not formalize any conditions which can be used to determine retirement’s character. As a result we do not know whether tlowest retirement pension can be treated as decent, providing proper conditions of existence.

Assessment of the legal status of elderly workers and elderly people seeking work in Lithuania.

The study investigates the influence of legal statutory regulations in the area of employment  permanence, non-discrimination principle on the base of age and legal instruments that strengthen the efforts undertaken to combat unemployment among older people. Accordingly to the results of study based on statistical data and legal analysis of law provisions, Author presents some considerations related to the significance of legal instruments provided in Lithuanian statutory regulations. The presented paper is also written in an attempt to provide some conclusions that will be used at the final monograph entailing the research results concerning the model of legal instruments.