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With effect from 1st January 2021, the national minimum wage will be increased by 4 …

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The 2021 budget introduces the facility for an employer to replace existing meal vouchers with a simple tax-free meal allowance, so there will be no possibility of a voucher going out of date and no need for an employee to prove that the monetary allowance is actually spent on food …

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Until the end of the health emergency, foreign workers who hold an “employee” card or “blue” card will no longer be required to meet the formal legal conditions for a change of employer, such as a prior 6-month period of employment in the Czech Republic …

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The Interior Ministry is pushing to make the current optional integration course mandatory by January next year in respect to foreigners seeking long-term, or permanent, residence in the country …

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Although employers (other than employment agencies) may not generally conclude fixed-term contracts with a total duration of more than 3 years (during which there may be two renewals), there is one important exception in the Labour Code that is often overlooked …

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According to the State Office of Labour Inspection (SÚIP), instances of non-compliance with the Labour Code have risen during the health crisis …

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The Antivirus Regimes A (temporary closure of operations ordered by the government, or quarantine of employees) and B (obstacles to work on the side of the employer due to COVID-19) have been both extended until 31st October 2020 …

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The Supreme Court has conceded that an employee’s right to give notice and receive severance during a transfer of undertaking may be based on circumstances not clearly established as changes in working conditions under the Labour Code …

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From January 2021, holiday entitlement will be expressed in hours rather than days, or weeks …

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There is no longer an obligation for employers to issue a certificate of employment on departure of an employee if they had not been enrolled on the sickness insurance system, or subject to other deductions …

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With effect from 1st January 2021, employees will be entitled to 1 extra paid week of leave if they are involved in established child camps (Labour Code §203) …

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In tandem with the introduction of job sharing on 1st January next year will be an overhaul of the annual leave system …

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A further amendment to the Labour Code takes effect on 1st January 2021 by introducing a facility for “job sharing” …

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The Posting of Workers Directive has, since its inception, represented a huge barrier to the freedom of movement of labour across the European Union …

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From 30th July 2020, the process of delivering important documents to employees will be simplified …

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