Impairment of Freedom of Labor
The criminal-law protection of labor rights is built on two compositions. The first of them is the impairment of freedom of labor: interference, by violence or the threat of violence, in any type of lawful work activity. This crime is punished by a fine or corrective work for up to one year, or imprisonment for up to two years. The essence of the composition lies in the fact that a person is hindered in lawful activity — the interference stands opposed to the person's free choice of occupation. Lawful work activity is a broad concept: it covers every activity a person conducts on the basis of law, and interference in any direction — starting work, continuing it, or the process of performance — falls within the scope of this norm. Violence and its threat are necessary signs of qualification here: without them the act does not create this composition.