TFL Vsebine / Revija SIR*IUS

Requalification of apparently independent business relations into a dependent relationship

V prispevku so najprej opredeljeni pojmi in glavni elementi ekonomske odvisnosti in delovnega razmerja. Prav tako je narejena primerjava med ekonomsko odvisnimi osebami, samozaposlenimi osebami in delavci v delovnem razmerju. Izrecno je pojasnjeno delovnopravno varstvo, ki ga v skladu z določbami Zakona o delovnih razmerjih uživajo ekonomsko odvisne (samozaposlene) osebe, ter pogoji, pod katerimi se varstvo lahko uveljavlja. Na koncu je tudi mnenje v zvezi s tem, ali je takšna ureditev dejansko primerna in kaj pomeni za naročnika. V samem prispevku so izpostavljene tudi sodne odločbe v zvezi z obstojem delovnega razmerja v primerih, ko gre za navidezno samostojna razmerja, ter postopek pravnega varstva pri obstoju elementov delovnega razmerja, ko gre za navidezno samostojna razmerja.

The article initially defines concepts and main elements of economical dependency and employment relationship. Furthermore, a comparison between economically dependent persons, self-employed persons and employees in employment relationship is presented. Especially the issue of legal protection assured by the Employment Relationship Act to economically dependent (self-employed) persons is addressed, as well as the conditions that shall apply for such protection. Finally, the opinion whether such regulation is actually appropriate and what it represents for the customer, is provided. The article highlights also some Court’s decisions addressing the existence of employment relationship in cases where independent relationships are only apparent, and legal protection procedures in case of existence of elements of employment contracts, where the issue of apparently independent relationship is questioned