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Employment in Czech Republic

Updated on: February 24, 2025

Currency

Czech Koruna (CZK)

Employer Taxes

About 34% of gross salaries, including health and social security contributions.

Payroll Frequency

Monthly

Language

Czech

Date Format

DD/MM/YYYY

Czech Republic By The Numbers

10.5 million

Population

CZK 3 trillion

GDP

9

National Holidays

Country Information

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Weekly Working Hours

Regular working hours are limited to 40 hours per week. Collective agreements may provide for a shorter regular week. For all hours of overtime work, the employee is entitled to normal wage plus a premium of at least 25% of average earnings, or normal wages for the overtime hours, plus time off in lieu equal to the overtime worked.

National Holidays

  • New Year’s Day
  • Easter Monday
  • Labor Day
  • Liberation Day
  • Saints Cyril and Methodius Day
  • Jan Hus Day
  • Czechoslovak Independence Day
  • Christmas Day
  • St. Stephen’s Day

Leave

Employees are entitled to various types of leave, including holiday, sick, maternity, parental, and special leaves. Special leaves include leave for the death of a family member (days vary depending on the relationship), 1 day for blood donation, and 1 day for accompanying a child, partner, or family member for school or medical purposes.

Employment Contracts

Employers are required to provide written employment contracts and policies that outline the terms and conditions of employment, including job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and workplace expectations, in compliance with applicable labor laws.

Types of Employment

Employees, temporary agency workers, and independent contractors are all recognized types of employment.

Employment Costs

There are no specific requirements regarding employment costs.

IC Class Factors

A status assessment is multi-faceted and dependent upon a number factors and a totality approach is required in order to determine the outcome. Prevalent considerations include (but are not limited to) an analysis of the degree of control, subordination, exclusivity, economic risk of individual, integration into the organization, subcontracting of work, and the right to substitution.

Labor Leasing

The placement of contingent or temporary workers at third party sites requires a labor leasing license.

Minimum Wage Requirements

The national minimum wage in the Czech Republic is CZK20,800.00 per month.

Medical Benefits

An employee who has been recognized to be temporarily unfit to work or on whom a quarantine has been imposed shall be entitled, during the first 14 calendar days to compensation for salary in the amount of 60% reduced average daily earning per working day. From the 15th calendar day, the employee is paid with a state health insurance benefit. In case of treatment of a child or other close person, unpaid leave is due, and employees are entitled to sickness insurance benefits for a defined period.

Probationary Periods

3 months maximum.for non manageurial position and up to 6 months for managerial positions. The probation period cannot be longer than half of the agreed employment period.

Termination Notice

Min. 2 months and commences on the first day of the calendar month following delivery of the notice.

under labour leasing contracts, notice periods are either 30 days or 14 days, depending on the reason for termination. Notice begins to run on the date when the notice is served on the other contracting party.

Severance

Employees are entitled to severance payment if the employee is terminated on the grounds of organiszational changes/redudancy or for health incapactiy due to an accident at work/occupational disease. It varies between 1 month to 12 months depending on the situation and length of employment.

Pre-hire Checks

Immigration and right to work checks are typically required for foreign workers to ensure they are legally authorized to work in the country. Medical examinations may also be required depending on the nature of the job, especially if health and safety regulations or job-specific health standards need to be met.

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