PROBATION PERIOD IN THE INDIVIDUAL LABOR CONTRACT. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS

To check the skills of the employee, at the conclusion of the individual employment contract for an indefinite period, a probation period of no more than 90 calendar days may be established for the execution functions and no more than 120 calendar days for management positions. The probation period is, as a rule, optional, in the individual employment contract and is stipulated in the form of a contract clause. There are a number of important advantages in this way of checking the skills of the employee, which is why in practice it is frequently used by the parties of the individual employment contract. This study aims to analyse this specific clause of the individual employment contract and its impact on both sides of the individual employment contract, as well as the controversial aspects of judicial practice regarding the probation period