| Abstract [eng] |
This master thesis examines the peculiarities of the collective bargaining and the collective bargaining agreements above enterprise level. While going into the attributes of collective bargaining at the European Union and national levels, it is aimed at revealing the significance of higher-level collective bargaining when building labor legal relationships. When summarizing the main attributes of collective bargaining, peculiarities of higher-level collective bargaining are singled out. Based on the conception of social partnership and principles inherent to this institute, this work focuses on collective bargaining regarding conclusion of national, branch and territorial collective agreements. When exploring the conception and content of collective agreements, it aimed at disclosing the specifics of higher-level collective agreements as a corollary of successful collective bargaining. Higher-level collective agreements are being analyzed based on the features common to all collective agreements, while emphasizing the peculiarities inherent to collective agreements of this level only that are entrenched in international and national legislative acts. Based on the sources currently establishing collective relationships, attention is drawn to the changes of regulation of collective agreements in Lithuania. Considering the significance of collective relationships in contemporary social and economic life, theoretical and practical aspects of higher-level collective negotiations regarding conclusion of collective agreements in labor law of Lithuania are being examined. The purpose is to reveal how social partners use their rights and implement the possibility to improve the labor legal relationships, when concluding higher-level collective agreements. Collective bargaining regarding conclusion of collective agreements, holding a particularly important position in regulation of labor relationships, in practice are more often implemented at the enterprise level. It is noteworthy that in Lithuania higher-level collective bargaining regarding conclusion of collective agreements is rare. Shallow traditions of Lithuania in collective relationships and sparse experience of social partners allow minimum discussions about higher-level collective relationships. |
