| Abstract [eng] |
The principle of the fair payment for the labour analysed in the master’s paper is an important issue of the international, European Union and national legal systems. The issue of the fair payment for the labour causes immediate collision between the concerns of employers and employees, and is responsible for establishment of proper legal labour relations with regard to the needs of the employee as the weaker party of the deal. The importance of the fair payment for the labour is really great, for the security of payment and occupation in general helps both to enhance the economical situation of the country and to avoid various global problems. It also ensures just wages for the labour and serves as the indicator of the state’s role in a shape of ‘guardian of human rights’. The issue has been analysed in social – economical and juridical aspects. In order to decide whether the payment is fair or not, the wages of employees have been analysed with the focus on the purchasing power of the amount of money, its impact on the people’s standard of living etc. Furthermore, the concepts of wages, the structure of payment and forms of payment for the labour performed have been discussed. Then, non - identical concepts of wages on the levels of national, international and that of the European Union have been compared. The second part or the paper focuses on the circumstances that influence the estimation and imperative regulation of wages. A special attention is drawn on the assumptions that the proportion of minimal wages in the country is not based on common fundament and that a clear and unified system of payment does not exist. Fair payment for the labour, according to the Constitution of the Lithuanian Republic, is defined as wages that is not less than minimal payment for the labour fixed by the state and that provides normal standard of living to employees and their families ensures overtime pay and specific working conditions. The principle of equal pay for work of equal quality should be observed in order to avoid discrimination. For the same purpose the attachments of earnings should be limited. All the legal issues mentioned above have been established in the standard juridical acts and have been discussed in detail in the third part of the paper. It is noteworthy to mention that the processes of economical and social globalization and the changes pertaining to the work relations induce modern innovative attitudes towards the rights of employees and protection, with special emphasis on the mechanism of payment for work. |
