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Institutions of tripartite social dialogue in Poland

Autor: Jakub Stelina, Jakub Szmit, Maciej Łaga

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego

The dialogue and cooperation of social partners is one of the constitutional pillars of the economic system of the Republic of Poland (Art. 20 of the Constitution of Poland.The term “social partners” is generally understood as trade unions and employers’ organisations. The constitutional regulation concerns various levels of functioning of the economy – from central, through regional and local, to the level of individual employers.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Social Dialogue Council in the social and legal system of Poland

1.1. Introductory remarks

1.2. International and constitutional legal environment

of social dialogue

1.3. Origins of the Social Dialogue Council

1.4. Legal nature of the Social Dialogue Council

Chapter 2

Powers and competences of the Social Dialogue Council

2.1. Introductory remarks

2.2. Powers stemming from the Act on Social Dialogue Council

2.2.1. Powers of the Council

2.2.2. Competences of parties to the Council

2.2.3. Powers of the organisations forming the Council

2.3. Competences stemming from other Acts of Parliament

Chapter 3

Composition of the Social Dialogue Council

3.1. Introductory remarks

3.2. Participants to the social dialogue

3.3. Parties to the social dialogue

Chapter 4

Organisation of the Social Dialogue Council

4.1. Introductory remarks

4.2. Bodies of the Social Dialogue Council

4.3. Meetings of the Council and its way of proceeding

4.4. The Office, regulations and funding

of the Social Dialogue Council

Chapter 5

Vovivodship social dialogue councils

5.1. Introductory remarks

5.2. Concept, creation, closure and composition

of voivodship social dialogue councils

5.3. Powers of the voivodship social dialogue councils

5.4. Organisation of voivodship social dialogue councils

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