Employer

An employer may be:

• a legal person (e.g. a company, an association),
• another organisational unit (which is not a legal person, such as a branch or an agency of a company, an establishment of multiple-establishment enterprise),
• a natural person (e.g. owning a service facility or workshop).

Actions in the field of labour law (e.g. the conclusion of a contract of employment, termination of the contract) are carried out for an employer which is an organisational unit by:

• the person or body managing that entity (the management board, director, manager),
• another designated and authorised person (e.g. manager of the HR department).

An employer who is a natural person may perform these actions themselves or via another authorised person.

Employee

An employee may be a natural person who has reached the age of 18.

An employee may also be an adolescent who has reached the age of 15. They are employed on the basis of a contract of employment:

• for the purpose of apprenticeship; or
• in the performance of light work.

In principle, it is forbidden to employ a person who has not reached the age of 15.