Act No. 29 / 1946 Coll.
Law introducing work cards
Valid
Effective from 27.02.1946
29.
Law
of 12 February 1946
introducing work cards.
The Provisional National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following Act:
(1) In order to facilitate entry into a job that is best suited to their working abilities, working papers are introduced in order to facilitate all persons who, fulfilling their civic duty, participate actively in the construction of the Czechoslovak Republic.
(2) A work card is a public document certifying their education, education, specific knowledge and skills and other personal characteristics relevant to the pursuit of employment, the type of profession, the manner and duration of employment.
(1) My work card is required:
(a) all contract staff, including apprentices, trainees and voters;
(b) domestic workers, domestic traders and domestic workers,
(c) cooperating family members.
(2) The following shall be exempt from the obligation to have a work card:
(a) persons working in the territory of the Czechoslovak Republic who are resident abroad;
(b) persons who do not otherwise carry out professional work, provided that they are employed only occasionally.
(3) If there is doubt as to whether an activity constitutes an obligation to have a work card, the district office of labour protection (branch) shall decide by post; if the person whose activity is to be assessed has no permanent post, the district office of labour protection (branch) shall decide according to his residence.
(1) Work cards shall be issued to the persons referred to in Article 2 (1) by the district labour protection authorities (branches) competent by post.
(2) The working card shall include:
(a) the number of the work card, the surname and the name of the owner and his personal data, training in the profession, group and type of profession, the date of issue of the work card, the stamp and signature of the district office of labour protection (branch) which issued the licence,
(b) the employer's data, confirmed by the race board (confidant), on the duration of the employment.
(3) The person to be issued the work card must state and, where necessary, prove all the information necessary for the issue of the work card.
(4) Work cards and official certificates, issued in respect of work cards, are exempt from the fees. The issue of work cards shall not be subject to a levy on official business in administrative matters, except in the case of compensation for a work card lost or damaged. The endorsements of employers required for the issue of work cards shall also be exempt from the fees.
(5) The Minister for Labour and Social Welfare will determine, by a decree published in the Collection of Laws and Regulations, the details of the issuance of working cards and the documents necessary for such publication as well as the model of the work card.
(1) The employer is obliged to fill in on the employee's employment card the date of entry into employment, the type of establishment and, at the end of the contract, the date of exit from employment. Other employer records are not allowed. The racing board (confidant) will confirm this information (§ 3 (2) (b). The same duty is on the domestic worker and head of the family.
(2) A person, who is required to have a work card, must submit it on request to the authorities of the labour protection authorities, social insurance holders and employers.
(3) Incorrect or incomplete entries in the employment document shall be corrected or supplemented and any other changes shall be made by the County Labour Protection Office (branch). Incorrectness or incompleteness in the employer's records (§ 3 (2) (b) shall be corrected or supplemented by the employer and confirmed by the race board (confidant) so that the original version of the registration is clear.
Before entering a new job, the person must have a work card, present it to the Regional Office of Labour Protection (branch) responsible for the place of employment; In doing so, she will be given the form of an application for sickness insurance for a new employer. Similarly, the staff member shall be required to submit a work card if, as a result of the transfer in the establishment, he is leaving for a post which is within the perimeter of another District Office of Labour Protection (branch). The Minister for Labour and Social Welfare provides for more detailed provisions on this by decree in the Collection of Laws and Regulations.
All public authorities, courts, legal and physical persons, in particular social insurance holders, are obliged to cooperate in the implementation of this law.
(1) Prison (lock-up) within six months and fine up to 50,000 Ccs or one of these punishments will be punished by the administrative authorities on the proposal of the District Office of Labour Protection, unless his action is more criminally punishable by who
(a) use a work card issued for another person;
(b) leave another person's work card to use;
(c) he or she shall have several working cards,
(d) intentionally destroy his or someone else's work card.
(2) Prison (lock-up) within six weeks or fine up to 20,000 CZK will be punished by the administrative authorities for a proposal by the District Office of Labour Protection if its action is not punishable more strictly by who intentionally or through gross negligence
(a) make incorrect or incomplete particulars of his or her person or profession required of him by the Regional Labour Protection Office (branch) for the issue or addition of a work card;
(b) make or confirm incorrect or incomplete details of the duration of employment in the staff member's employment card;
(c) affix a work card with notes outside the employment record and its duration;
(d) holding a work card.
(3) Other acts or omissions transposing the provisions of Sections 2, 4 and 5 of this Act, or those issued for its implementation, are prosecuted by the county labour protection authorities by an order fine of up to CZK 10,000.
(4) If a fine has been imposed, a replacement prison sentence shall be imposed at the same time in the event of its imperfections, according to the degree of guilt within the limits of the rate of the free penalty for an act provided for. In addition to the fine, if a punishment was imposed on the free side, the sentence on the free side, together with the prison replacement penalty, must not exceed the highest limit of the sentence rate on the free side.
Work cards under this Act shall not be issued to persons who have lost Czechoslovak citizenship under the constitutional decree of the President of the Republic dated 2 August 1945, No 33 Coll., on the modification of Czechoslovak citizenship of persons of German and Hungarian nationality.
In Slovakia, the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare exercises the powers conferred upon him by this law in agreement with the social security officer.
(1) The applicability of the Government Decree of 26 June 1941, No 241 Coll., introducing the working books, as well as the regulations and regulations issued for its implementation shall be deleted from the date to be published by the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare by the Decree published in the Collection of Laws and Regulations.
(2) Working books, issued pursuant to Government Decree No. 241 / 1941 Coll., may not be published from the date on which this Act enters into force.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication; It shall be implemented by the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare in agreement with the Ministers involved.
Dr Beneš v. r.
Fierlinger v. r.
Dr Šoltész v. r. o.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 29 / 1946 Coll. |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 27.02.1946 |
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| Effective from | 27.02.1946 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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