Kategorie: Labour Law
ESOPs, phantom shares, or direct ownership: How should employee equity participation be structured in the Czech Republic today?
Attracting and retaining high-quality employees is becoming increasingly difficult for many companies. Despite relatively low unemployment, the labor market remains tight, labor costs are rising, and employees’ expectations of receiving not only short-term but also long-term financial benefits from their work are growing. It is precisely in this context that various forms of employee stock …
Read moreNew Draft Law on Platform Work – Part 2: Redefinition of Dependent Work
Platform work represents a major issue at both the European and national levels, particularly due to the widespread and ongoing expansion of the market for services operating on the basis of digital labour platforms. In the first part of our two-part series on the new draft law on platform work (hereinafter as the “Draft”)[1], we …
Read moreNew Draft Law on Platform Work – Part 1
Platform work has been a major issue in recent years, not only at the European but also at the national level, particularly due to the widespread and ongoing expansion of the market for services that fall under the digital platform model. General Platform work refers to an employment model in which work is organized through …
Read moreCzech Employers Face a Test of Fair Pay
Following a gradually intensifying debate on this topic, this year marks a turning point for Czech employers in the areas of human resources policy and pay. The Czech Republic is in the final stages of preparing an amendment to the Labour Code, which is intended to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and …
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