Legal
Antivirus programme update
At the beginning of April, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs launched the “Antivirus” programme, enabling employers to get a partial refund for the compensations for salaries they had to pay to their employees due to certain impediments to…
Further loosening of rules for foreigners
On 4 May 2020, the government adopted several resolutions significantly expanding the options for foreign employees to come to work in the Czech Republic, thus at least partially accommodating the needs of employers. The government should resume the…
New duty to provide information on tourism services
Within the measures adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators have passed a legal amendment introducing the duty for tourism services intermediaries (typically Airbnb and similar platforms) to provide information on these services to…
Will tax administrators have to file taxpayers’ financial statements in the…
At the end of January, a group of deputies submitted a draft amendment to the Act on Public Registers that introduces the duty of tax administrators to file on behalf of individuals and corporate entities recorded in public registers their ordinary,…
Permits to mediate employment complicate employment of foreign nationals
Last year’s amendment to the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals forbids foreigners with employee cards to change their employers if these are employment agencies, i.e. entities holding a licence for the mediation of employment. These involve…
Amendment to Civil Code abolishes pre-emptive right
In April 2020, an amendment to the Civil Code that may significantly enhance the liquidity of residential units was published in the Collection of Laws. Although a drop in real property prices is expected in connection with the COVID-19 outbreak,…
Certain extraordinary measures have been cancelled by the court. What will be the…
The Municipal Court in Prague cancelled four measures of the Ministry of Health with effect from 27 April. At the same time, the Government started to gradually loosen the current restrictions. The court decision will thus probably have the most…
The issue of validity of “forced” settlement with the State
From the beginning of April, employers may apply for a contribution towards wage compensations from the Antivirus programme guaranteed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs grants the contribution on…
Relaxing the rules for short-term business trips and employment of EU citizens
With the decreasing numbers of patients infected by the COVID-19 disease, certain measures imposed by the Government and affecting Czech employers and the entry of foreigners – EU citizens and third-country nationals – to the Czech Republic have…
Certain issues concerning postponement of loan repayment
A new Act specifying certain measures related to repayment of loans during the COVID-19 pandemic came into effect on 17 April 2020. However, the possibility of postponing the repayment of certain loans entails some interpretation ambiguities as well…
Personal data processing during a pandemic – the Office for Personal Data…
During a declared state of emergency, there is always the danger that public authorities may excessively infringe on citizens’ rights and freedoms – and this also applies to the protection of their personal data. The Office for Personal Data…
Government okays increase in carer’s allowance
On 17 April 2020, the government passed a proposal for a temporary increase in carer’s allowance from the present 60% to 80% of the daily assessment base.