Šio darbo tema trišalės partnerystės, o tiksliau vienos iš jos įgyvendinimo formų - trišalių susitarimų esmė, teisinis statusas ir įtaka kolektyviniams darbo santykiams. Darbo tikslas yra, naudojantis Lietuvos ir užsienio mokslininkų darbais, nagrinėjant sudarytus trišalius susitarimus, jų vykdymo praktiką bei įvertinus užsienio valstybių patirtį nagrinėjamu klausimu, išanalizuoti Lietuvoje egzistuojantį trišalių susitarimų reglamentavimą, šių susitarimų sudarymo praktiką, išaiškinant galimas Lietuvos teisinio reguliavimo spragas, nubrėžiant tolesnes šių susitarimų sudarymo ir jų teisinės galios tendencijas Lietuvoje, pateikiant tam tikrus situacijų sprendimo variantus. Lietuvos nacionaliniai įstatymai, reglamentuojantys trišalę partnerystę bei trišalių susitarimų sudarymą iš esmės atitinka tarptautiniuose teisės aktuose įtvirtintas nuostatas ir nepaisant kelių nuostatų yra tinkami efektyviam trišaliam dialogui vystytis. Nepaisant to, trišaliai susitarimai, ypač žemesnio negu nacionalinio lygio, praktikoje Lietuvoje yra sudaromi vangiai, o jų nuostatos nėra vykdomos. Trišaliai susitarimai neatlieka savo funkcijų - socialinės taikos užtikrinimo, darbuotojų, kurie neturi teisės streikuoti arba kuriems tokia teisė yra apribota, kolektyvinių darbo ginčų sprendimo, privalomų išvadų dėl teisės aktų projektų teikimo ir panašiai. Galima išskirti įvairias šio reiškinio priežastys – nepakankamas pačių socialinių partnerių aktyvumas, nesugebėjimas siekti kompromiso, nepakankama... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The theme of this work is the tripartite partnership as an instrument enabling representatives of social partners to participate on the basis of parity with representatives of public authority in discussions relevant to labour law problems, and especially tripartite agreements as an instrument to reach acceptable to all parties decisions. The purpose of this work is to analyse the legal regulation, trends, practice of making and fulfilling such agreements, to clarify the gaps of the legislation of Lithuania, problems and find the way out of existing situation. The national laws of Lithuania, which regulate the tripartite social dialogue and tripartite agreements, in general correspond to the stipulation of the international legislation. Despite that, in Lithuania tripartite partnership acts only on the national level, because there are only few territorial level tripartite institutions and there are no one agreement or institution at a branch level. Tripartite agreements in fact do not execute its purpose to warrant a social peace, resolve collective bargaining of employees whereby their right to strike is limited or prohibited, take part in legislation procedure. It shall be indicated the problem of legal status of tripartite agreements – they are not binding even upon the parties. There are more problems – insufficient activity of social partners, there are no good will to seek compromise, negotiators have no proper qualifications to obtain effective dialogue. In order to... [to full text]

Development has always been problematic especially in the mining sector where it often takes place at a rapid pace. Not only is the physical environment influenced but other aspects such as legislation and the relationship between role players are also influenced. The focus of this thesis is tripartite partnership formation between business, local government and the community for sustainable development in the Rustenburg platinum region. In essence the study was about answering the broad question of "how can one improve the chances of setting up a sound foundation, that in turn can lead to a successful, integrated, cooperative and unified partnership in the Rustenburg platinum region?" In an attempt to answer the above, both a theoretical and practical approach was used. Functionalism and the exchange theory were used to set up practical guidelines for successful partnership formation. The thesis also investigated how appropriate these two theories are for the mining industry in South Africa today, i.e. they were validated against the data obtained from the study. In addition, other existing case studies in the mining industry were studied in order to validate the guidelines formulated from the two theories. At a methodological level, expanded qualitative data analyses were applied in a comprehensive manner to ensure a close relationship between empirical data and theory. The empirical data was gathered both by desk research and by in-depth personal interviews. The results of the study produced some models of how a partnership could be structured to function optimally. As part of the results an "ideal" model for the partnership in the Rustenburg platinum region was created and the set of guidelines was ranked according to its importance in the Rustenburg platinum region. Should these guidelines and this model be used the chances of setting up a successful, integrated, cooperative and unified partnership in the Rustenburg platinum region could be significantly increased. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

Development has always been problematic especially in the mining sector where it often takes place at a rapid pace. Not only is the physical environment influenced but other aspects such as legislation and the relationship between role players are also influenced. The focus of this thesis is tripartite partnership formation between business, local government and the community for sustainable development in the Rustenburg platinum region. In essence the study was about answering the broad question of "how can one improve the chances of setting up a sound foundation, that in turn can lead to a successful, integrated, cooperative and unified partnership in the Rustenburg platinum region?" In an attempt to answer the above, both a theoretical and practical approach was used. Functionalism and the exchange theory were used to set up practical guidelines for successful partnership formation. The thesis also investigated how appropriate these two theories are for the mining industry in South Africa today, i.e. they were validated against the data obtained from the study. In addition, other existing case studies in the mining industry were studied in order to validate the guidelines formulated from the two theories. At a methodological level, expanded qualitative data analyses were applied in a comprehensive manner to ensure a close relationship between empirical data and theory. The empirical data was gathered both by desk research and by in-depth personal interviews. The results of the study produced some models of how a partnership could be structured to function optimally. As part of the results an "ideal" model for the partnership in the Rustenburg platinum region was created and the set of guidelines was ranked according to its importance in the Rustenburg platinum region. Should these guidelines and this model be used the chances of setting up a successful, integrated, cooperative and unified partnership in the Rustenburg platinum region could be significantly increased. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.