In2023, Looking ahead, we explore the most important trends and developments related to labour and employment law in Czech Republic.
Due to the number of upcoming changes in the field of employment law and HR in the Czech Republic in 2023, we only present below a selection of major novelties.
As of 1 December 2022, new legislation on paternity leave has been in force, adding a new impediment on the part of the employee to the Labour Code, namely paternity leave (until now, only the benefit granted was provided for and the corresponding impediment to work was absent in the Labour Code). This leave pertains to the employee for the duration of granting the paternity postnatal care benefit under the Sickness Insurance Act, and the employee may therefore be entitled to paternity leave of two weeks. Paternity leave has also been equated with maternity leave, and the employee is thus in a protection period during that impediment, with corresponding limitations, e.g., regarding employment termination.
As of 1 December 2022, there has also been full digitalisation in the field of ordered quarantine, where employers will no longer be obliged to accept the form "Confirmation of Ordered Quarantine" and submit it to the relevant District Social Security Administration. The procedure for claiming the benefit should be similar to that for temporary incapacity for work.
As every year, also as of 1 January this year the minimum wage has been increased by CZK 1,100, from CZK 16,200 to CZK...
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