European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
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According to the Employment Act, active employment policy measures are in particular:
Active employment policy measures also include:
Active employment policy measures target the following groups of job seekers, regardless of the reason for losing the job:
Based on an agreement, the regional branch of the labour office may provide counselling through specialised facilities, such as educational and psychological counselling centres and diagnostic centres, and pay costs associated with this activity.
External service providers are typically educational-psychological advisory centres and diagnostic centres. Services are provided on the basis of an agreement between the local labour office and the pedagogical-psychological advisory centre. These counselling and diagnostic centres provide professional services for which labour offices are not qualified.
The national labour office is responsible for the implementation of active labour market policy. In 2018 the total active public expenditure on employment policies in the Czech Republic reached CZK 4.4 billion (€170 million as at 31 December 2018), which represents a decrease compared to CZK 4,7 billion in 2017 (€186 million as at 31 December 2017). The fund is promoting job opportunities for disabled people, other socially meaningful jobs, trainings and retraining.
In 2016 the expenditure reached CZK 6.86 billion (€254 million as at 31 December 2016) which represents a decrease of 29% compared to CZK 9.67 billion in 2015 (€358 million as at 31 December 2015).
Eurofound (2015), Czechia: Redundant employees entitlement to public support, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/redundant-employees-entitlement-to-public-support/czechia
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