EMPLOYER'S MINOR LIABILITY FOR RESTRICTING THE RIGHTS OF A MINOR EMPLOYEE FROM THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

Abstract

Labor legislation is a protective legislation, whereby regulations in the field of labor law seek to protect the "weaker" subject of the employment relationship - the employee. The reason for this concept in the approach to creating regulations in the field of labor law has its roots in the industrial revolution, which was primarily a labor revolution, and during which workers fought and won for their elementary rights from the employment relationship - the right to adequate wages for work, the right to limit the number of working hours, the right to rest and other similar rights. However, general legal norms that protect the rights of employees from the employment relationship are sometimes not enough to protect those groups of workers who, due to their specific characteristics, are particularly vulnerable. Therefore, labor legislation recognizes special categories of employees to whom it provides additional protection, such as female workers in the context of maternity protection, parents, guardians, persons with disabilities or altered work capacity, as well as minor employees. This paper analyzes the provisions of labor legislation that specifically protect minor employees, with a special focus on the employer's misdemeanor liability for violating these provisions.