OCHRONA WYNAGRODZENIA ZA PRACĘ. PRAWO RZYMSKIE A WSPÓŁCZESNE REGULACJE PRAWA PRACY
PROTECTION OF REMUNERATION FOR WORK. ROMAN LAW VS. CONTEMPORARY REGULATIONS OF LABOUR LAW

Summary/Abstract: Remuneration for work is the essential benefit in employment relationship and constitutes an equivalent of work provided by the employee. Employment relationship, which naturally involves work for payment, may be initiated, inter alia, by way of employment agreement. The origins of such agreement may be found in the Roman contract locatio-conductio operarum, where work was the object and remuneration was the equivalent. Today remuneration is subject to comprehensive legal protection, because frequently for the employees this is the only way of supporting themselves and their families. Such protection is justified, inter alia by the maintenance-related function of remuneration which is connected with the fact that it is designated to satisfy essential needs of employees and their families. The author of the article poses a question whether the similarity between employment contract and locatio-conductio operarum makes it possible to identify points of reference to protection of remuneration in Roman law.

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