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Expelling of a Member of a Cooperative for Breaching of Membership Obligations

28.04.2015

According to the Commercial Code and also according to the new Civil Code, which replaced the Commercial Code with effect as of 1st January 2014, a member of the cooperative may be expelled by the board of directors if he/she repeatedly breaches membership obligations (for example the obligation to pay the rent and associated costs). The member must be informed about the decision of the board of directors by a written notice.

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Claim to premiums and benefits in labour-law relationships

21.04.2015

Employers often motivate their employees by different kinds of premiums, benefits and other variable wage components that depend on work performance of the employee or on the economic outcome of the employer.

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Content of Decision of the Employer about Organizational Changes

14.04.2015

Act. No. 262/2006 Coll., Labour Code, determines when an employer is entitled to give notice to the employee. Among other situations an employer is entitled to give notice to the employee because of the redundancy of the employee on the grounds of a decision of the employer about organizational changes.

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Termination of Lease Contracts Concluded for a Definite Period of Time

07.04.2015

The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic has stated in its decision as of 28th March 2007, Reference Number 28 Cdo 2747/2004, that if a lease contract for land plots was concluded for a definite period of time which exceeds the usual life length (for example if the lease contract was concluded for 100 years), such contract should be considered as a contract that was concluded for an indefinite period of time. Contracts that are concluded for an indefinite period of time can be terminated by a notice in a three months notice period.

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