THE CONCEPT OF „EMPLOYMENT LAW” IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMPETENCES OF THE STATE LABOUR INSPECTORATE

Abstract

The aim of the work was to present the factual competence of the State Labour Inspectorate and its analysis against the concept of „employment law”. This issue was presented on the basis of the classification of positions of the doctrine regarding „employment law” presented by B.M. Ćwiertniak. The review was carried out from the Act of 1981, which was a model solution for the „classical” labour law of the industrial era, to the current state based on the Act of 2007 and its amendments. The analysis has shown that this body is currently engaged in the control and supervision of „work” in its broadest sense. This is related to the fact that the material competence covers not only issues related to the employment relationship, but also the legality of employment, remuneration from the civil law relationship, social security obligations, bans on trade on Sundays and public holidays carried out regardless of the legal basis of employment. Therefore, from a formal point of view, the creation by the legislator of a possibly new branch of law - ‚employment law’ - would not require changes in the competences of the State Labour Inspectorate.