Abstract
This paper analyses the substance of the appointment as one of two ways leading to employment relationships. The whole story is based on issues connected with employment relationship of principals in private elementary and secondary schools in the Czech Republic to demonstrate practical connotations of the appointment nowadays.
It is more than obvious form Czech 50-year legal tradition that the appointment has become a classical tool within the realm of labour law. Despite the recent recodifications of civil law and civil service, the appointment continued to be regulated in the Labour Code and other acts as either way to create employment relationships.
For legal theory classification, the appointment consented by the future employee should be understood as a contract supported by general civil law on the principle of subsidiarity if applicable in accordance with the Labour Code.