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How do we do it? Using the template!

  • Writer: RFERL Watch
    RFERL Watch
  • Apr 8, 2023
  • 5 min read

How to get rid of someone? This can sometimes be a problem.


Here it is necessary to take into account that the dismissed person may not like it. Most likely, this unfortunate person will be angry and "noisy", so it is necessary to do something about it.



Radio ГA / ГA in "version 1.0" operated on the principle of agreement. It was an open secret that he always tried to reach an agreement with the other side, and lawsuits were really the exception. They realized that such publicity was not conducive to his mission and saw it as a waste of American taxpayers' money. It was common that business agreements and contracts were also periodically renewed and everything was more transparent. The aim was to prevent speculation about cronyism, substandard conditions in tenders or corruption. The phrase that "Radio ГA / ГA does not judge" was memorable at the time.


Radio ГA / ГA in “version 2.0” is, however, a completely different class and a different quality. With the management that appeared here mostly after 2014, it created a system that, using cooperation with the "native" judicial and state apparatus, allowed it to apply its proven processes according to the same template.


How does it work? What is the scenario? So what is the template?


1. "That" inconvenient employee

Such an employee is usually characterised by the fact that he or she has a different and usually his own opinion. There have been cases when such an employee, with regard to the work performed, refused to turn a blind eye to, for example, non-compliance with safety rules, or refused to accept verbal orders that were contrary to the work performed, or refused to sign something that was contrary to his awareness or conscience . In general, it can be said that this is an individual who is or has been loyal, but his loyalty no longer coincides with "official party policy".


2. The conditions for professional destruction

Here, Radio ГА / ГА has really rich experience, thanks to its business activities, which is monitoring various political regimes and human rights violations in them. According to the well-known saying - "whatever you treat, you also lose" - it created a system with the goal of professionally destroying a problematic employee. An example can be when a long-time IT specialist, preferably at a senior age, is dismissed for loss of confidence and with the "mark" of a computer "hacker", or a long-term corporate security employee is, "on his old knees", fired as a "security risk". Very often these are employees of pre-retirement age and often with the aim of solving planned organisational changes.


3. Exposition of obstacles on the part of the employer

This, at first glance, insignificant legal act, when an employee is forbidden to go to work while maintaining full salary, has a great psychological effect in the environment of Radio ГA / ГA. On the one hand, it creates the impression that "nothing is happening", on the other hand, it creates the feeling that "we have something for you". In any case, this is a sure sign that evidence is beginning to be gathered "in your absence" and that an investigation "about you without you" is being launched. It begins with the command to "sign" in the presence of a superior as a witness. Since Radio ГА / ГA is actually a fortress that you cannot enter without a permit after a physical check at the entrance to the building, you only have to wait for the "ortel" as the "super-humans" will decide about you in the meantime.


This time can be arbitrarily long. As a rule, it ends with a phone call from the HR manager, who will try to lure you "somewhere" and give you "something" here. It's hard to resist - you always want to know the reasons you're not getting it, don't you? If there is a risk of delay in connection with point 4.), the notice is delivered to you by anyone and at any time, i.e. by a third party under any pretext (for example, the police) and at any time - exactly as under the previous regime.


You just wait.


4. Application of § 52, letter g.) Act No. 262/2006 Coll., ZP

This paragraph is crucial for Radio ГA / ГA and essentially all notices are given here according to the wording of this paragraph.This law has undeniable advantages for Radio ГA / ГA:

  • is strong enough and will usually force the employee to accept any wording of the resignation out of fear

  • the employee will usually quickly realise that it will be difficult to find another job after such a dismissal, so he will be willing to make any concessions

  • is a strong argument that paves the way for the definition of other terms of the agreement

  • has a really wide scope and can be applied in several intensities, which can be manipulated appropriately and purposefully

  • this can include dismissal from breach of work duties to breach of discipline, including poor work ethic, alcohol and drugs

  • gives the employer a 2-month opportunity to prepare the final wording of the notice

  • gives a 2-month option for any method of delivery of notice

  • can also be delivered during the employee's illness - exactly as under the previous regime

Subsequent points will only occur depending on whether the employee accepts the dismissal and leaves voluntarily or not. If he voluntarily leaves, with any luck, he or she will end up with a "termination by agreement". Of course, with a signature that he will be silent about everything "like the grave". Politically, it will be explained to him that this is actually the best solution for him or for her.


5. Activating your contractual law firm

Radio ГA / ГA, even though it has its own well-paid legal department, has a contractually secured law firm, based at a prestigious address in the center of Prague, for the purpose of representation in labor relations with its employees, i.e. "subordinates". This will take care of the legal representation of the company, if by chance the employee feels the "God forbid" shadow of injustice. This law firm will take care of the "dirty work" - from the justification of the dismissal, to its delivery "in any way", to representation in court, if the employee files a lawsuit for the invalidity of the dismissal. All paid by the money of the American taxpayers, who will generously fund this process. As the communists once said - the resources are always there!


6. Activating your judge

Radio ГA / ГA, thanks to its local affiliation to the district of Prague, has its own judge at the local District Court. All labor-law disputes between Radio ГA / ГA and its former employees have been judged for several years by the same judge, who is closely connected through the mentioned contractual law firm directly with their legal department.


If it were to happen that, in addition to a lawsuit from the field of labor law, an employee also claims his right from another area, for example a lawsuit against discrimination, it will be arranged by amending the petition or amending the lawsuit proposal that the lawsuits are combined, and so again they ended up with the same "independent" judge.


From the beginning and at every subsequent court hearing, Radio ГA / ГA takes into account the fact that the dismissed employee cannot financially afford a lawyer in his situation. First of all, he has to deal with his next job, often his immediate existence, lack of finances, his reputation and, after suffering psychological "martyrdom" lasting at least 2 months, his health.


As I have experienced all the points of this "template", I will try to elaborate and document them in detail in the next posts.


I believe that if a "one man show" company, producing paper bags for dog poop, treated its employees like this, it could be accepted, but with raised eyebrows. But if this is how a company behaves, which "enjoys" the right to comment and pillory violations of human rights and democracy outside its "home pond", it seems very untrustworthy.


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