Sociální právo Evropské unie

Abstract

The thesis deals with the problems of social laws of the European Union as an element of the modern European democracy. Furthermore it characterizes the domain of labor law of the European Union, its development and mainly its sources including directives which have an impact on every citizen of the European Union. The practical part of the thesis is focused on the social security of the European Union, its contemporary form and the influence on social security systems in the individual member states.

The first part of the thesis called ‘The Conception of Social Law of the European Union’ defines the development of the social laws from the beginning up to the present days. Further it introduces the traits, sources and legal relations in the social law. In the end of this part the approach to the social laws and their requisition are analyzed.

The second part ‘Labor Law of the European Union’ is aimed on the functions of the labor law, the bodies which help respecting labor laws in the European Union. In the practical part some secondary labor laws which have impact on all European citizens are characterized and the results demonstrating observance of these labor laws across the European Union are given.

The third part which is called ‘Social Security Law of the European Union’ mainly deals with the new coordination regulation which has the largest impact on the social security field. The last part of the thesis is focused on the social security benefits, especially old age benefits and the survivors’ pensions.

The central purpose of this thesis is to characterize and evaluate the problems concerning social laws of the European conception and the view of their development. The partial aim of this thesis is to analyze the social security system which is varied according to the development of the European Union.