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ChapterIII
FUNCTIONSOFLABOURLAW
1.Overviewoffunctionsoflabourlaw
Thefunctionsoflabourlawmaybeunderstoodindifferentways.Inabroad(so-
ciological)sense,thoseincludeanysocialeffectsoflegalnorms,alsoatypicalor
pathological.Inanarrowsense,afunctionoflawmeansaplanned,usefulimpact
oflegalnormsonthesocialenvironment.Labourlawacademicsdonothavesci-
entificinstrumentswhichcouldallowthemtoempiricallyandcomprehensively
identifythesocio-economicconsequencesofpracticalapplicationoflabourlawpro-
visionsineconomicrelations.Suchresearchisthedomainofthesociologyoflaw.
Therefore,thishandbookfocusesexclusivelyonlegalandteleologicalunderstanding
ofthefunctionsoflabourlawrelatingtotheeffectsandconsequencesspecifiedby
thelegislatorforthepositivelaw.
Separationoflabourlawasanautonomousbranchoflaworiginatedfromtheneed
toprotectfundamentalinterestsofemployeesasaweakerpartytoanemployment
relationship(protectivefunction).However,atthebeginningofthe21stcentury,
intheindustrialsociety,normsofthelabourlawprotectalsoreasonableinterestsofem-
ployers(organisationalfunction).Theemploymentlegislationischaracterisedalsoby
strongtendenciestosettlementandconciliationtargetedatvariousformsofsocialdi-
alogue,therefore,theirenicfunctionoflabourlawcanbedistinguished.Inthemarket
economy,theprocessesofredistributionofgoodsandfinancialresourcesoccur,ow-
ingtothenormsoflabourlaw,henceonecanidentifyadditionallytheredistributive
function.
Theaboveselectionoflabourlawfunctionscarriessomeelementofsubjectivity.Tore-
ducethesubjectiveaspect,thisstudycoversallthebasicconstructsoflabourlaw,also
ofthecollectiveandprocedurallabourlaw.Withsuchmethodologicalassumption,it
waspossibletoselectthegeneralfunctionsbasedontheidealistictheoryofscience.
Beforetheanalysisofrespectivefunctionsoflabourlaw,itshouldbeemphasizedthat
onelegalnormmayfulfiltwo,orsometimesevenmore,functions.Suchaccumulation
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