Act No. 129 / 1947 Coll.
Act establishing the Czechoslovak Labour Institute
Valid
Effective from 22.07.1947
129.
Law
of 24 June 1947
establishing a Czechoslovak Labour Institute.
The Constitutional National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on this law:
The Czechoslovak Institute of Labour (hereinafter the Institute) is established as a separate legal entity. Its headquarters is Prague. Activities in Slovakia are carried out by the Institute through the Regional Institute for Slovakia in Bratislava (hereinafter the Regional Institute).
(1) The task of the Institute is to contribute to creating conditions for the best efficiency, economy and safety of work in all components of economic and public life, in particular to examine assumptions and to prepare proposals for:
(a) the correct choice of profession and the efficient distribution of labour according to skills and economic needs;
(b) continuous work education and training;
(c) fair evaluation and remuneration of physical and mental work;
(d) effective protection of the health and safety of workers;
e) an effective organisation of all work efforts of the Czech and Slovak people.
(2) The practical activities of the Institute shall be based on psychological, physiological, sociological and economic research as well as on relevant auxiliary sciences.
(1) The Institute is managed by a board of 33 members. After hearing the central economic organisations and in agreement with the ministers involved, the Minister for Social Welfare shall appoint two members from agriculture, industry and transport, one member from the field of public administration, distribution, public social insurance, health, construction, craft and nutrition; two of these 13 members must be from Slovakia. Furthermore, the Minister for Social Welfare shall appoint four members proposed by the Board of Authors and 16 members proposed by the Central Council of Unions, of which five from Slovakia. Slovak representatives are appointed from the Regional Board of Directors. One alternate shall be appointed for each member. The head of the board is the president of the Institute, represented by his deputy. The President and his Deputy Director shall be appointed by the Minister of Social Welfare from the board of directors; If he is President of the Czech Republic, he is Deputy Minister Slovák and vice versa.
(2) Membership of the Board of Directors lasts for 3 years and is an honest function. The Minister for Social Welfare may at any time dismiss a member or alternate of the Board of Directors on application or after hearing those co-operating in the appointment.
(3) For the Regional Institute for Slovakia in Bratislava, a Regional Board of Directors is established, with Slovak members of the Board of Directors of the Czechoslovak Institute of Labour.
(4) The Minister for Social Welfare, on a proposal from the Board of Directors of the Institute, shall, after hearing the social security officer, issue its Rules of Procedure and Staff Regulations for the Recruitment, Employment and Discharge of the Institute's Staff.
(5) The Institute shall be administered by the Director and two Deputy Directors, one of whom shall be administered by the Regional Institute for Slovakia, Bratislava. The Director and his Deputy Directors shall be composed of the Institute's Directorate. The Director and his Deputy Directors shall be appointed by the Minister of Social Welfare, on a proposal from the Board of Directors of the Institute, who shall be responsible for managing the Regional Institute for Slovakia, Bratislava, on a proposal from the Social Welfare Officer.
(6) The members of the Directorate are staff of the Institute. The employment and pay ratios of the staff of the Institute shall be governed by the rules applicable to staff in private relations. The pay and provision conditions of the employees who are taken over by the Czechoslovak Institute of Labour must not be substantially aggravated.
(1) Costs of the Institute shall be reimbursed:
(a) on own revenue;
(b) contributions from the Ministry of Social Welfare;
(c) other voluntary contributions, donations and the like.
(2) For works for private, cooperative and national enterprises and public administrations, the Institute may require reimbursement of the costs under the Directives and Tariff approved by the Ministry of Social Welfare in agreement with the central authorities involved and, as regards Slovakia, after hearing the mandates concerned.
(3) The budget of the Institute is subject to approval by the Ministry of Social Welfare and Finance, which is also responsible for approving its accounts. The Board of Directors of the Institute and the Directorate are required to manage under the approved budget with the care of the proper economy. Their members are responsible for the damage that would result from the neglect of these duties.
(4) The Minister of Social Welfare oversees the Institute, the Regional Institute the Minister of Social Welfare essentially through the social security officer. The results of its activities under Section 2 of this Act are presented by the Institute to the Ministry of Social Welfare.
(1) Offices and other public authorities, trade unions and interest organisations, the authorities of national, private and cooperative undertakings, as well as the authorities of the representative of employees, are obliged to support the Institute in its activities. In particular, they shall, at the invitation of the Institute, provide information on all the facts within its field of competence and allow the institutions of the Institute, entrusted by the Ministry of Social Welfare or the Board of Social Welfare to carry out investigations and examinations, inspection of all their facilities and operations where necessary to carry out the tasks of the Institute. Both the Institute and its bodies are obliged to keep official and commercial secrets, as well as absolute secrecy about everything they learn in the course of their activities. This obligation shall continue after leaving the employment relationship or after leaving the service. In the course of the proceedings under this paragraph, the Constitutional Law of 9 April 1920, No 293 Coll., on the Protection of the Freedom of Personal, Home and Secret Documents, as well as the provisions of Sections 15, 16 and 17 of the Act of 23 March 1923, No 60 Coll., on telegraphes in respect of the preservation of telegraph and telephone secrets, must be observed. The provisions of the Act of 13 May 1936, No. 131 Coll., on State Defence, remain unaffected.
(2) The acts and omissions of persons referred to in the preceding paragraph, contrary to its provisions, are punishable, in the absence of a criminal offence by a court, by a district national committee as an administrative offence of up to 100 000 Kts or by imprisonment within 30 days or both. If a fine has been imposed, a replacement prison sentence shall also be imposed within 30 days in case of imperfections.
The Institute takes over the rights and obligations of the Institute of Human Labour in Prague. It also takes over the rights and obligations of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement concerning the Institute for Labour Standards at the Central Council of Trade Unions in Prague under conditions to be laid down by a government decree issued pursuant to § 7.
The Government shall issue by decree more detailed provisions for the implementation of this Act, in particular on the organisation of the Institute, on the responsibilities of the Board of Directors and Directorates, and on the establishment and competence of their auxiliary bodies.
The applicability of the Government Decree of 18 September 1942, No 333 Coll., on the Institute of Human Labour, is hereby revoked.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication; It shall be carried out by the Minister for Social Welfare in agreement with participating members of the Government.
Dr Beneš v. r.
Gottwald v. r.
Dr. Unedible v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 129 / 1947 Coll., establishing the Czechoslovak Institute of Labour |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 22.07.1947 |
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| Effective from | 22.07.1947 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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