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It is the end of the year again and employers and employees are considering what to do with leave not taken. We have decided to prepare a summary of basic information on the topic.

In its judgment of 20 July 2020, Case No. 21 Cdo 3955/2018, the Supreme Court concluded that irrespective of the region, where employees perform their work, and its social and economic conditions (e.g. housing costs, transport costs), employees performing the same work or work of equal value are entitled to the same remuneration. This means that a driver working for the Czech Post in Olomouc is entitled to the same pay as a driver doing the same job for the Czech Post in Prague.

This October, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a judgment in Case No: C-660/20, in which it dealt with a preliminary question asked...

With the amendment to the Labour Code, the majority of which entered into force on 1 October 2023, there have been, among other things, changes in the area...

The recently adopted amendment to Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code (hereinafter “ the Labour Code ”) has brought a number of changes, one of which was...

On 19 September 2023, Act No. 281/2023 Coll., amending the Labour Code, was promulgated in the Collection of Laws. Most of the amendment will come into...

On 4 May 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published several judgments, in which it commented on some key data protection issues.

On 1 June 2023, the Senate debated the Government’s Whistleblower Protection Bill, on which it ultimately passed no resolution. The 30-day deadline for the...

The Chamber of Deputies is currently debating a government bill amending the Labour Code. One of the amended areas is agreements on work performed outside...

In its judgment of 4 May 2023 in Case C-487/21, the Court of Justice of the EU (“ CJEU ”) commented on the interpretation of Article 15(3) of Regulation [1]...

The High Court in Prague, as the Court of Appeal, in proceedings under Case No. 6 Cmo 333/2021 dealt with the fact that the defendant company refused to...

In the past year, the State Labour Inspection Office of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as the “ Labour Inspectorate ”) initiated over 500...

On 23 November 2022, the Government approved a new Whistleblower Protection Bill implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the...

At the beginning of 2021, significant legislative changes occurred in the area of leave. One of these changes is the option to carry over unused leave to the...

Same as at the turn of last year and this year, individuals subject to distrainment will now be given the opportunity to avoid owing interest and the costs...

Until mid-2020, the transfer of personal data between the European Union (“EU”) and the United States of America (“US”) operated under the EU-US Privacy...