{"id":249,"date":"2025-07-24T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:35:50","slug":"seadused","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/seadused\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bde-globalblock-249-100 bde-globalblock\"><style>.breakdance .bde-section-159-100-159-1{background-image:url(https:\/\/eakl.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Seadused-1-scaled.jpg)}.breakdance .bde-section-159-100-159-1>.section-background-overlay{background-color:#420513A1;transition:background-color var(--bde-transition-duration) ease-in-out}<\/style><section id=\"page-banner\" class=\"bde-section-159-100-159-1 bde-section page-banner bde-section-159-100\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n  <div class=\"section-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-159-103-159-1 bde-heading bde-heading-159-103\">\nLaws\n<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><section class=\"bde-section-249-103 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-249-121 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"bde-rich-text-249-105 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>The Estonian Confederation of Trade Unions (EAKL) is guided in its activities by the Statutes and the laws of the Republic of Estonia regulating labour life and trade union activities. Here you will find references to the most important legislation concerning trade unions, employee representation and the settlement of labour disputes.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EAKL_Pohikiri_20.10.2023.pdf\">Statute of the EAKL<\/a> (PDF, valid from 20.10.2023.a)<\/p><p><br \/><strong>TRADE UNION VOCABULARY<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sonaveeb.ee\/search\/unif\/dlall\/dsall\/ameti\u00fching\/1\/est\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the EKI S\u00f5naveeb<\/a><\/p><p>Here you will find explanations of trade union terms, with their Russian and English equivalents. Helps to understand the terms better.<br \/><br \/><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #d91246;\">TRADE UNION LEGISLATION<\/span><\/h3><p>Find a list of laws and regulations relating to trade unions here (<a href=\"http:\/\/riigiteataja.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riigi Teataja<\/a>):<\/p><ul><li><strong>Law on non-profit associations<\/strong><br \/>Regulates the establishment, governance, membership and transparency of trade unions.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Trade union law<\/strong><br \/>Sets out the rights, obligations and grounds for action of trade unions as representative organisations of workers. Defines the rights and powers of the trade union steward to represent employees before the employer.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Collective Agreements Act<\/strong><br \/>Regulates the conclusion, enforcement and validity of collective agreements between employers and workers' representatives.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Collective agreements database regulation<\/strong><br \/>Describes how collective agreements are registered and made public in a national database.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/klak.sm.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">klak.sm.ee<\/a> - A national register of collective agreements, managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs, which is currently broken, not updated and unusable.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Collective Dispute Resolution Act<\/strong><br \/>lays down the procedures and procedural rules for settling labour disputes, including strikes and collective labour disputes.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Labour Dispute Settlement Act<\/strong><br \/>Sets out the procedures for resolving individual labour disputes before labour dispute committees and the courts.<\/li><\/ul><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>BASIC ACTS OF LABOUR LAW<\/span><\/h4><ul><li><strong>Employment Contracts Act<\/strong><br \/>General principles on the conclusion, modification and termination of employment contracts, pay, working time, rest periods, etc.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Employees' Trustee Act<\/strong><br \/>Defines the rights and powers of the trade union steward to represent workers before the employer.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Health and Safety at Work Act<\/strong><br \/>Obliges the employer to ensure a safe working environment and sets out the rights of the worker in relation to safety at work.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-globalblock-249-120 bde-globalblock\"><section class=\"bde-section-2003-100-2003-1 bde-section bde-section-2003-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><a class=\"bde-text-link-2003-101-2003-1 bde-text-link bde-text-link-2003-101 breakdance-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/liikmed\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\">\n  <h4 >\n  Join here!\n  <\/h4>\n\n<\/a><div class=\"bde-text-2003-102-2003-1 bde-text bde-text-2003-102\">\nThe trade union is your community! By joining, you give yourself and other workers the power to stand up for a better working life in Estonia. \n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seadused Eesti Ameti\u00fchingute Keskliit (EAKL) juhindub oma tegevuses p\u00f5hikirjast ning t\u00f6\u00f6elu ja ameti\u00fchingute tegevust reguleerivatest Eesti Vabariigi seadustest. Siit leiad viited olulisematele \u00f5igusaktidele, mis puudutavad ameti\u00fchinguid, t\u00f6\u00f6tajate esindamist ja t\u00f6\u00f6vaidluste lahendamist.EAKL p\u00f5hikiri (PDF, kehtiv alates 20.10.2023.a)AMETI\u00dcHINGU S\u00d5NAVARAVaata EKI S\u00f5naveebistSiit leiad ameti\u00fchingutega seotud m\u00f5istete selgitused koos nende vene- ja ingliskeelsete vastetega. 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