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The object of this chapter is not to find an answer to the question of whether, after COVID-19 pandemic experiences, labour law relations are more infused by public law or private law. Such a discussion only added value seems to be the mere demonstration of the directions of the public impact of labour law. In this chapter, the author adopts a conception of the specific role of labour law, and the relationships that arise within its sphere of influence, which naturally links together domains commonly considered to be public and private. Attempts to categorise labour law (and the relationships that arise within its sphere of influence) as exclusively private or public result in cognitive errors in its analysis. The thesis of this chapter is to argue that in a time as extraordinary as a global pandemic, due to the important social role played by the work environment, there has been a noticeable increase in the publicising of the role of social relations arising within it.
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One such state is certainly the ongoing war in Ukraine and its impact on the formation of various processes related to the broadly understood world of work in Poland—a country whose labour market realities, due to its geographical neighbourhood to Ukraine, have been put to the test in various respects due to the ongoing war. This test confirms the strong embedding of labour law relations in the public sphere, as will be discussed in detail further on.
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More progressive views even focus on the fact that health improvement programmes should be implemented in workplaces, for the overall wellbeing of employees (Litchfield et al., 2018, p. 3).
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3. COVID-19-Maßnahmenverordnung – 3. COVID-19-MV; 25. Oktober 2021; 441. Verordnung; https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2021_II_441/BGBLA_2021_II_441.html
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Disposizioni urgenti per l’accesso alle attivita’ culturali, sportive e ricreative, nonche’ per l’organizzazione di pubbliche amministrazioni e in materia di protezione dei dati personali. (21G00153) (GU Serie Generale n.241 del 08-10-2021), 1–6, https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/10/08/21G00153/sg
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Such a dismissal could have taken place in case of:
1) loss of confidence related to information concerning work, cooperation or service in state security bodies within the meaning of art. 2 of the Act of 18 October 2006 on disclosing information on documents of state security bodies from the years 1944–1990 and the content of such documents;
2) misappropriation of the Council’s activities leading to the impossibility of conducting a transparent, substantive and regular dialogue between the organisations of employees and employers and the government party.
The second premise in particular has caused significant social tensions.
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Ustawa z dnia 31 marca 2020 r. o zmianie ustawy o szczególnych rozwiązaniach związanych z zapobieganiem, przeciwdziałaniem i zwalczaniem COVID-19, innych chorób zakaźnych oraz wywołanych nimi sytuacji kryzysowych oraz niektórych innych ustaw (Dz. U. poz. 568 z późn. zm.).
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Ustawa z dnia 27 listopada 2020 r. o zmianie ustawy o szczególnych rozwiązaniach związanych z zapobieganiem, przeciwdziałaniem i zwalczaniem COVID-19, innych chorób zakaźnych oraz wywołanych nimi sytuacji kryzysowych oraz niektórych innych ustaw (Dz. U. poz. 2157).
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Florczak, I. (2024). More Public? Did the Pandemic Influence the Paradigm of the Labour Relations?. In: Addabbo, T., Ales, E., Curzi, Y., Fabbri, T., Rymkevich, O., Senatori, I. (eds) Work Beyond the Pandemic. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39951-0_14
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