Kategorie: Labour Law
Amendment to the Employment Act: labour inspection controls, employment of persons with disabilities, and other news
Just like last year, employers had to prepare for several changes in labour law from 1 January, which, although last minute, were successfully passed through the legislative process. Amendment to Act No. 435/2004 Coll., on Employment, as amended (the “Employment Act“), and related legislation, in particular Act No. 251/2005 Coll., on Labour Inspection, as amended, …
Read moreRegulation on the prohibition of products made with forced labour
On 19 November 2024, the EU Council adopted a regulation banning products from forced labour on the EU market[1] . Although we live in the 21st century, a century of enormous advances in technology, artificial intelligence, and a meteoric rise in living standards worldwide, our Western society is also facing a phenomenon that many would …
Read morePay Transparency Directive – what will it bring?
Promoting equality between men and women and combating discriminatory treatment in general is one of the fundamental pillars of an advanced democratic society and one of the stated objectives of the European Union. Expressions of the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination can be found across the founding treaties of the European Union, in the …
Read moreScheduling of working hours by the employee
The recently adopted so-called transposition amendment to the Labour Code brought several significant changes and innovations in the field of employment law. In addition to changes in the rules of employee remuneration – minimum and guaranteed wages and salaries, collective bargaining, holiday scheduling, liability for construction work or working hours in the health care sector, …
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