On 2 January 2020, the Government of Czech Republic submitted a bill to Chamber Deputies amending Labor Code. The was sent deputies as press 689/0 on 2020. proposed amendment Code compiled by Ministry and Social Aff airs Republic, among other objectives, with aim achieving compliance national legislation EU regulations case law. should explicitly regulate conditions for transfer employer's acti...

Although observers of Brazilian politics commonly hold that voters reward incumbents for “bringing home the bacon,” I provide reasons to question the direct link between pork and electoral success as well as statistical evidence demonstrating the lack of such a link. This generates a puzzle: if pork barreling is ineffective, why do Brazilian deputies spend so much time seeking pork? The answer ...

In the paper we introduce the on-line captioning system developed by our teams and used by the Czech Television (CTV), the public service broadcaster in the Czech Republic. The research project is targeted at incorporation of speech technologies into the CTV environment. One of the key missions is the development of captioning system supporting captioning of a “live” acoustic track. It can be e...

2nd Item The Governor of Goletta, member of the Board, having his residence in the same Goletta, will be charged with the fulfilment of all Quarantine measures taken for Tunisian and foreign war and merchant ships and he will be assisted, for this purpose, by Consular Agents residing in Goletta who will take the Title of Deputies of Public Health. The duties of the Governor of Goletta will be d...

Abstract One of the reasons for which corruption is so difficult to eradicate because actors involved are skilled in adapting their behaviour changing institutional landscapes. However, surprisingly little known about how displacement functions across multiple levels government. Using novel multilevel data on a political scandal Italy and Difference-in-Differences estimation strategy, I provide...

This paper empirically investigates the link between political patronage and bank performance for Ukraine during 2003Q3–2005Q2. We find significant differences between politically affiliated and non-affiliated banks. The data suggest that affiliated banks have significantly lower interest rate margins and increase their capitalization. Furthermore, we show that the level of activity of affiliat...

Prior research on the correlation between sleep and accidents on-the-job leaves little doubt about the potential for injury and death. The fatigue literature aptly includes the study of justice administration within the socially and legally relevant contexts of fatigue-impaired police discretion. In this study, the correlation between sleep measurements, fatigue, and police work are examined am...