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Czechia: Time off for job search
Phase
Government Regulation No. 590/2006 Coll., on the range and extent of other important personal obstacles to work
Act No. 262/2006, Coll. Labor Code
Native name
Nařízení vlády č. 590/2006 Sb., kterým se stanoví okruh a rozsah jiných důležitých osobních překážek v práci
zákon č. 262/2006 Sb., zákoník práce
Type
Time off for job search
Added to database
08 May 2015
Article
Point 11 of the annex
§199 of Act No. 262/2006, Coll. Labor Code
Description
Time off for job search with refund of wages is provided to a maximum of one half day per week before the termination of employment due to reorganisation, during the notice period of two months. Time off may be accumulated and taken in 'one-go' with the consent of the employer.
This article is valid both for individual and for collective dismissals (within 30 days dismissals of at least 10 workers in companies with 20-100 employees, at least 10% in companies with 101-300 employees, or at least 30 workers in companies with more than 300 workers) and for all types of contracts (fixed-term contracts, permanent contracts, full-time and part-time contracts).
Commentary
Government Regulation No. 590/2006 Coll. provides further details on specific cases mentioned in the paragraph 199 of Act No. 262/2006 Coll., Labour Code, which regulates personal obstacles to work.
Additional metadata
Cost covered by
Employer
Involved actors other than national government
National government
Involvement (others)
None
Thresholds
Affected employees: 10 Company size: 20 Additional information: No, applicable in all circumstances
Sources
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities/Héra (2011), Selected companies’ legal obligations regarding restructuring
Ius Laboris (2011), Individual Dismissals Across Europe, Brussels
Eurofound (2015), Czechia: Time off for job search, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/time-off-for-job-search/czechia
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