Due to new legislation, workers that are employed using more flexible, task-based ‘civil law contracts’ will be entitled to join or form trade unions and to benefit from protection previously reserved only for trade union members. Civil law contracts are not regulated by the Labour Code and are more flexible than conventional employment agreements. Until now, civil law workers were not covered by the Act on Trade Unions.
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