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ChapterIII.Functionsoflabourlaw
emphasizedthatitsscopeisnotlimitedonlytoclaimsarisingfromemploymentrela-
tionshipbutextendstoanydisputesresultingfromsuchrelationship,alsothedisputes
whichdonotinvolveclaims.
Attheorganisationallevel,theirenicfunctioninthelabourrelationsisfulfilledmainly
byconciliationcommissions.Thesearelegalprotectionbodiesestablishedforamicable
resolutionofindividuallabourdisputes(Articles244-258oftheLabourCode).They
arestillnotlegallycompetenttoresolve,onabindingbasis,casessubmittedtothem.
Inthelabourrelations,theirenicfunctionisfulfilledalsobylabourcourtswithin
judicialconciliationschemes(sądowepostępowaniepojednawcze)(Articles184-186
oftheCodeofCivilProcedure).Theirmainobjectiveistoachievereconciliationbe-
tweenthepartiesinadispute,andspecifically,toseektoreachasettlementbetween
suchparties.Intermsoffunctionality,thejudicialconciliationprocedureservesonly
conciliationsincetherearenoongoingcourtproceedingsyet.Itshouldbeborne
inmindthatcourtproceedingsareinitiatedwhenalegalactionisbroughtbeforecourt.
Underthecurrentlaw,thejudicialconciliationschemesfillthegapinthesystem
ofamicableresolutionofindividuallabourdisputes.ProvisionsofArticles184-186
oftheCodeofCivilProcedureareimportantinstrumentsservingtheirenicfunction
ofthelabourlaw.Inmyopinion,thesenormsseemparticularlyusefulinamicableres-
olutionofminormattersrelatingtofinancialliabilityofemployees.Inpractice,this
appliesmainlytomattersrelatingtocashshortageorothercompensationmatters.Sim-
ilarobjectivesarereachedinlabourlawmattersbymediatorsactingunderArticle1831
oftheCodeofCivilProcedure.
5.Redistributivefunctionoflabourlaw
Theredistributivefunctionoflabourlawinvolvestheprovisionsoflabourlawcon-
sistinginestablishmentofabstractprinciplesandgeneralproceduresofredistribution
ofmaterialgoodsandfinancialresourcesinlabourrelationswithindistribution
ofthenationalincome.Intheindividuallabourlaw,provisionsoftheLabourCode
governingtherulesofsettingwages(Articles771-82)areassignedthecentralplace.
Thesamefunctionisfulfilledalsobytheprovisionsofseparatelawsgoverningemploy-
mentofspecificcategoriesofemployeesorbyspeciallegislativeprovisions,forexample
theActof31July1981onremunerationofpersonsinpublicexecutivepositions(usta-
wazdnia31lipca1981owynagrodzeniuosóbzajmującychkierowniczestanowiska
państwowe).13
13Consolidatedtext:JournalofLaws[Dz.U.]of2011,no.79,item430asamended.
K.W.Baran