Reflection on performance of the employment-related medical exminations abroad

Nowadays, it is completely common that employees of a Czech employer perform work abroad. If the employee stays abroad for long time, his/her employment-related medical examination may expire during this period. The authors thus propose what to do in such a situation.

From what moment does a trade union take effect at the employer?

Recently, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administration Court have been dealing with a question concerning a precise moment from which a trade union starts its functioning at the employer and the employer is therefore obliged to fulfil its duties towards it.

The article is in Czech version only.

Employment Law textbook

Nataša Randlová has become part of composite authors led by Petr Hůrka who have published the third up-to-date release of a law textbook Employment Law. The publication reacts on an actual state of the employment law in the Czech Republic and takes into account also the substantive amendment of the Labour Code realized in 2020. In particular, Nataša attends to the chapters with the topic of changes of employment relationship and transfer of undertakings from employment law relationships.

 

Saving account of working hours – new chance how to harmonize personal and professional life

In their article, Michal Peškar together with tax advisor Ditta Hlaváčková follow the issue of flexible scheduling of working hours for a longer period of time. The authors come up with the institute of so-called saving account of working hours, they mention foreign inspiration and take a think on possible Czech legislation. A vaste labour-law perspective of this issue has been completed by a tax insight.

 

New Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU

The new Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU sould be transposed to the national legistations by 1 August 2022. There are various speculations that it will have major impact on the Czech Labour Code as we know it today. The authors therefore try to sumamrize possible changes to be expected in this respect.

The article is in Czech version only.

HR News No. 5 / August 2020

The fifth issue of hand-picked news from the labour law world is dedicated to three important rulings. First, the Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that unequal treatment of temporary agency workers and permanent employees is permissible – only the future will show what the impacts of this decision will be. The employers, however, might be more worried by another recent decision adopted by the Supreme Court addressing the unequal remuneration of employees in different regions of the Czech Republic.  On the other hand, the conclusions reached by the Supreme Court in the third ruling will not please the employees, as the Supreme Court seems to ignore the nature and purpose of meal and rest breaks.