lecturer

prof. JUDr. Petr Hůrka, Ph.D.


About lecturer

An external consultant who cooperates with the Randl Partners law firm and who operates as a Randls Training lecturer.

Petr is a professor of Labour Law and Social Security Law at the Department of Law of Masaryk University in Brno and the Department of Law of Charles University in Prague.  He is a member of the Legislative Council of the Government, the Scientific Council of the Department of Law of Masaryk University and a member of the editorial board of many Czech and international law journals. Previously, he served as Deputy for Legislation at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, where he managed work on key amendments to labour law regulations, and as Deputy for Civil Service at the Ministry of the Interior. He was awarded the Lawyer of the Year Award for Labour Law.

Specialisation

Petr acts as a mediator and arbitrator in collective labour disputes. He has published more than 100 articles and publications in national and international law journals. He regularly participates in professional conferences and discussion programs on human resources relations. He has taken part in writing the monographs and textbooks Ochrana zaměstnanců a flexibilita zaměstnávání (Auditorium), Právnický slovník, Pracovní právo, Právo sociálního zabezpečení (C.H.Beck) Zaměstnávání zvláštních kategorií zaměstnanců (Anag), Pracovní právo v bodech s příklady (ASPI Publishing), Zákoník práce a související ustanovení občanského zákoníku (Anag) and Pracovní právo (Nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk), Zákoník práce – komentář (Wolters Kluwer), Praktický komentář zákoníku práce a souvisejících ustanovení zákoníku práce (Bova Polygon).

Presentation practice

Lecturing at trainings for clients, general public in the Czech Republic and the European Union and at Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law at Charles University in Prague.