Work performance outside the employment relationship as an administrative offence and its punishment in the Czech Republic

The topic of this article is illegal employment under Section 5(e)(1) of Act No. 435/2004 Coll., on Employment, as amended, and its punishment in the Czech Republic. It deals exclusively with the fulfilment of the definition of illegal employment through the performance of work outside the employment relationship, i.e. situations where dependent work is either concealed, performed without a validly concluded employment contract or performed on a trial basis. The author objects to connect the employment area with the area of administrative punishment and to provide coherent knowledge on illegal work and its detecting and combating in the Czech territory. Hence, the article provides a detailed analysis of the current legal regulation of illegal work and links its wording with selected case law, thus creating a comprehensive overview of this issue.