| Abstract [eng] |
The Master's thesis presents and analyses the concept of the public sector, which is important to disclose, as Lithuanian legislation does not define the public sector. This topic is most clearly revealed by analysing international and national legislation, exploring the significance of collective labour law, and examining the institutes of collective bargaining and collective agreements, the importance of which is characterised by the ability of the social partners to combine their respective interests to create a contractual regulation of labour relations acceptable to them. Collective bargaining is considered to be a specific process whereby the parties agree on a specific outcome, namely a collective agreement, which sets out the terms and conditions governing employment relations, improving the position of workers, and providing them with additional rights and guarantees. Collective agreements must contain provisions that do not conflict with mandatory rules laid down by labour law. The paper analyses the peculiarities of collective bargaining and collective agreements in the budget sector and the civil service, providing a statistical analysis of collective agreements in the public sector and an assessment of the content of these agreements. The statistical and content analysis of collective agreements reveals that collective bargaining in the public sector is a common phenomenon, but that the social partners have limited bargaining power. Collective agreements in the public sector are dominated by local legal regulations, which are valid for the parties to the agreement without the need for additional collective bargaining. The lack of normative clauses in collective agreements is due to the reluctance of employers to take on additional obligations and the financial constraints imposed by the State. |
