| Abstract [eng] |
Disciplinary liability is an important institution in labour law theory, because it sets liability for employees. It is essential to analyse the peculiarity of current legal regulation on the grounds of judicial decisions, laws and other literature since employers often apply this kind of liability. A concept, main principles, objectives, functions, legal regulation of disciplinary liability and comparison with other kind of legal liabilities, especially with liability of civil servants, are set in this paper. There are two categories of disciplinary liability: common and special. Common disciplinary liability is regulated by work rules. Besides the analysis of Lithuanian work rules, there is given a wide consideration about foreign countries experience in this work. Special disciplinary liability is set in a few laws. The most important law regulating special disciplinary liability is The Statute of The Rail Freight Workers Disciplinary Liability of the Republic of Lithuania. The author examines the concepts, elements of a breach of work duties and a gross breach of work duties, describes the sample list of such breaches situated in the second paragraph of Article 235 of Lithuanian Labour Code. Moreover, there are four conditions of disciplinary liability identified in this paper: illegal activity, adverse consequences, causality and guilt. |
