Tuesday, 22. May 2012 - 12:05
:: Home > General News > Croat sues Czech Republic for national Discrimination
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Today
Videos
Polls
RSS Feed General News07. 10. 09. - 17:00
Croat sues Czech Republic for national Discrimination
Croatian Times
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has officially registered a suit against the Czech Republic submitted by a Croat that claims national discrimination.
The Czech Republic, claims Snjezana Pelivan, a Croat who has resided in Prague since 1995, failed to safeguard her rights to non-discrimination and a fair trial guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Pelivan was employed as a marketing manager by American Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). After several years of work, her employment was terminated in June 2005 without any reason stated orally or in writing, any prior warning or previous disciplinary measures, and without severance pay because she had refused to agree in writing with her dismissal and, also in writing, to give up her right of appeal.
RFE/RL is fully financed by the US Congress via the Federal Agency Board of Broadcasting Governors (BBG). RFE/RL, which broadcasts in 28 languages to 21 countries and employs several hundred foreign nationals in Prague.
The RFE/RL policy manual stipulates that "RFE/RL's relationship with its employees is governed by an ‘employment-at-will' philosophy. That means that either party may terminate an agreement at any time for any reason.
The Czech Constitutional Court did not find work contracts between foreigners and RFE/RL to be discriminatory or in violation of the Czech legal, social or state order. It also did not find that RFE/RL’s hiring methods violated the imperative of "good morality" prescribed by Czech labour legislation.
It decided that Pelivan had signed knowingly, willingly and by her own consent
an employment agreement, that, as admitted by the same court, gave her
less protection in the Czech Republic than that provided by Czech labour legislation.
In her charge of discrimination submitted to the European Court of Human
Rights, Pelivan claimed the ruling by the Czech Constitutional Court meant a legal vacuum for hundreds of foreign employees of RFE/RL.
She said:" While they are excluded by American legislation from protection in US courts, despite that their work contracts are governed on paper by US law, they are also deprived of effective legal remedy in the Czech Republic - precisely because their contracts are governed on paper only by US law. The ruling empowers American management of RFE/RL to terminate arbitrarily its foreign employees’ contracts without a need to justify such actions in a court of law. With this ruling, RFE/RL foreign employees’ right to effective court protection has become a legal fiction."
Your comment to this article :
(will be approved by an editor before going online)
Tag cloud Court Croat court contracts legislation European Human terminated submitted Pelivan Czech agreement national labour employed Discrimination American governed Protection Prague
Unique Multifunctional Croatian Vehicle presented
Croatian utility equipment company Rasco from Kalinovac (Koprivnica-Kri
New Serbian President: I dont hate Croatia
Newly elected Serbian president Tomislav Nikolic has stated that he does not hate Croatia and that he will come to Zagreb, reports website dalje.com.
EU representatives in Croatia searching for translators
The European Commission and other EU institutions will employ 70 Croatian translators in preparation for Croatia's accession to the European Union on 1 July 2013, when the Croatian language becomes the 24th official language of the European Union.
Hypo Bank selling its banks in the former Yugoslavia
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG has hired Deutsche Bank AG to sell its banks in the former Yugoslavia, said CEO of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank, Gottwald Kranebitter yesterday
Goran Ivanisevic to run tennis camp in Dubrovnik
Croatia's best ever tennis player and former Wimbledon champion, Goran Ivanisevic, will run a tennis camp for promising young tennis stars from all over the world aged from 10-16-years of age. The Dubrovnik International Tennis Camp will be held from 22-29 July in the southern Dalmatian city.
Croatia at Chicago NATO summit
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic and Defence Minister Ante Kotromanovic, are representing Croatia at the NATO Summit in Chicago which opened on Sunday.
Australians ready to invest millions in Croatia
Australia's biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group, is interested to invest 1.3 billion Euros in Croatia, through projects renovating Croatian schools and other government buildings, reported website Tportal.
Croatian Festival of One Minute Films set to start
The 20th Croatian Festival of One Minute Films - CROMINUTE will take place from 23 - 25 May in Pozega (Pozega-Slavonia County).
Russian Chicken Tycoon Buys Ivanisevic Villa in Split
After five years on the real estate market, former Croatian world tennis ace Goran Ivanisevic's villa in elite suburb of Meje in the Dalamtian city of Split has finally been sold for an unknown price, reports 24sata.
Foreign media recommend best Croatian islands
Foreign media have once again praised the beauty of Croatia and advised its readers to chose Croatia as a tourist destination. This time its internet portal Argophilia.com, advising its readers to spend the summer in Croatia and particularly on the Croatian islands, reports website Tportal.
The most popular stories –
last 7 days
