Application of EU Labour acquis Principles in Albanian Employment Contracts

Enik Pogace, Legal expert, Bank of Albania, Albania

The article shall provide a thorough analysis of the employment contract in comparing EU law and Albanian private law. It argues that many concepts of EU employment contract law have not been fully transposed and implemented in Albania. In that respect, the broad interpretation which has been given to the term “worker” and its application in EU law could be a basis for adoption of an autonomous concept of the employment contract in EU and Albanian law as well, to cover areas that have not been properly covered by the national legislation.

Enik Pogace currently works as head of employee relations division at the Human Resources Department at the Bank of Albania. He was formerly a legal expert at the Bank where he embarked on a wide array of legal issues related to banking, payment systems a

The Bank of Albania is the central bank of Albania. The economical-political and social developments since its establishment and thus far, have enriched the functions carried out by the Bank (they have augmented and enlarged its functions). The Bank of Al