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Pavol Kundrik

Senior Associate
CMS Slovakia

Contact
CMS Bratislava
Staromestská 3
811 03 Bratislava
Slovakia
Languages Slovak, English

Pavol is a senior associate at CMS Bratislava with over 10 years of experience of advising clients on employment law. He specialises in providing legal advice to Slovak and international clients on the full range of employment-related issues, including collective bargaining, hiring and dismissal of employees, transfers of undertakings and the protection of employees during mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. He has extensive experience in numerous sectors including automotive, manufacturing and logistics. He also spent two years on secondment  at a major logistics provider for automotive sector, furthering his sector knowledge.

Pavol also represents clients on contentious employment and labour-related litigations and disputes, and advises on issues including working hours, remuneration, social policy, damages and issues related to agency work and the posting/transfer of employees.

Before joining CMS, he worked at a leading CEE law firm. He regularly publishes labour/HR articles and holds client-focused seminars focused on labour law issues.

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Education

  • 2009 - Master of Law (Mgr.), the Faculty of Law, Comenius University, Bratislava.
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09/11/2023
Groundbreaking ECJ ruling on annual leave entitlement of unlawfully dismissed...
On 12 October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) adopted a landmark decision in Case C-57/22 - Ředitelství silnic a dálnic. The issue, brought before the ECJ by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic...
20/09/2023
Slovak high court makes controversial 2021 prokura/proxy ruling binding
In August 2023, the Slovak Supreme Court added Decision No. 6Cdo/120/2019 to the official Collection of Opinion and Decisions, making its previous October 2021 ruling that prokura or proxy holders cannot...
16/08/2023
Whistleblower protection and reporting channels in Slovakia
1. Is there a law on whistleblowing in your country? Yes, the area of whistleblower protection is currently regulated by Act no. 54/2019 Coll. on the protection of whistleblowers and amendment of certain...
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28/06/2023
Cost-cutting and restructuring in times of crisis
A tough global economic outlook is driving many employers to review their operational costs. Across businesses, hard questions are being asked about where efficiencies can be made – and ultimately what...
22/05/2023
Whistleblowing changes in Slovakia
The current Slovak whistleblowing regulation in Act No. 54/2019 on the protection of persons reporting anti-social activity (the "Whistleblowing Act") became effective in March 2019, therefore before...
07/12/2022
Slovakia reforms retirement pensions
Autumn 2022 brought long-awaited reform to the Slovak retirement pension system, which seeks to remedy the heavily criticised changes implemented by Slovak government in 2013. Most of the recent changes...
25/10/2022
Czech Republic and Slovakia to transpose EU Directives making employment...
At its October session, the Slovak parliament approved amendments to the Labour Code to transpose provisions from European Union directives into the Slovak law. One directive relates to transparent, predictable...
11/05/2022
What happens now? Navigating the new COVID employment landscape
Despite a successful vaccine roll-out, the world continues to contend with new variants of COVID-19. As countries scramble to adapt to ongoing infection risks, it is clear that working life isn’t going...
10/02/2022
Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain in CEE:...
On 1 November 2021, the EU Directive on unfair trading practices in busi­ness-to-busi­ness agri-food supply chains came into full effect. This now means that certain unfair trading practices in the agricultural...
09/09/2021
Slovakia's labour inspectorate issues interpretation on vaccination of...
According to a statement recently issued by Slovakia's National Labour Inspectorate (NLI), Slovak employers are limited in their ability to request information from employees about COVID-19 vaccination...