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HUMAN RESOURCES LAW – THE NEED FOR A NEW LEGAL BRANCH IN CROATIA

Human resources law is a branch of law immanent to the Anglo-Saxon legal circle, while in the European Union it is quite rarely taught in higher education institutions, lifelong learning programmes or professional development programmes. In contrast, although very practical and theoretically significant, this discipline is almost unknown in Croatia. Its content is mainly covered by the Labour and Social Law course, which is taught at the faculties of law at Croatian (public) universities and traditionally structured. In the last thirty years, the Labour and Social Law course has been insufficiently reformed in relation to its dual nature and connection with technological changes in the world of work. The purpose of the paper is to analyse the legal nature of human resources law and labour and social law, and moreover, to point to the need for a different approach to labour law institutes necessary for quality human resource management, and to teaching the labour and social law discipline outside faculties of law, to students of other related higher education institutions, professionals and entrepreneurs. The methodology of the paper is focused on qualitative research, a comparative legal method, a multidisciplinary approach and methodological pluralism. The aim of the paper is to stimulate a broader scientific (and professional) discussion on the need for new approaches to teaching the institutes of labour law (employment ; prohibition of discrimination, mobbing and harassment ; employment contracts ; protection of privacy ; prohibition of market competition between workers and employers, working hours, dismissals, etc.), necessary for successful human resource management and successful entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the main aim is to give a critical evaluation and a new overview of the dual nature of the Labour and Social Law course, which, in a technologically changing world, seeks to abandon traditional, archaic approaches.

Human Resources Law, Labour and Social Law, legal branch, new teaching approach

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