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Unjust enrichment from a contract that only one party knew had been terminated
In practice, it is quite common to encounter a situation where the contracting parties unknowingly continue to perform the contract on both sides, even though the contract has already expired and none of the original contracting parties is obliged to perform under the expired contract. When one of the original contracting parties discovers that for …
Read moreAmendment to the Labour Code: Applications for parental leave and new options for flexible working time arrangements
As a result of the adoption of a comprehensive amendment to the Labour Code, which has been in force in its entirety since 1 January 2024, significant changes have been made in the area of labour law. We have briefly introduced these changes through our two-part series of articles here and here. Beyond the compulsory transposition …
Read moreAmendment to the Labour Code: Uninterrupted rest
In the last quarter of last year, a long-awaited amendment to the Labour Code came into force, which brought many significant changes in the field of labour relations. A brief summary of the amended areas, which include, for example, the extension of the information obligation towards employees or new rights for caring employees, can be …
Read moreOn the reasons for the employer’s withdrawal from the competition clause
In its recent decision of 13 December 2023, Case No. 31 Cdo 2955/2023 and published on 11 January 2024 (hereinafter as the “Decision”), the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic dealt with the conditions of the employer’s withdrawal from the agreed competition clause in the employment contract, where it departed from its previous decision-making practice …
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