Kategorie: Labour Law
Health and safety at work does not end with the employer’s own staff: the employer’s obligations towards external contractors
The use of external contractors and their subcontractors – external service providers – is now a common feature of how commercial companies operate. Cleaning, technical servicing, IT services, maintenance and other specialist activities are thus often carried out by individuals who are not employees of the company on whose premises these external service providers carry …
Read moreOn the certainty of the expression of intent in the unilateral set-off of multiple mutual claims
It is not uncommon for the same parties to have mutual claims against one another for performance of the same kind. When a debtor performs an obligation, they may specify which debt they are discharging. But what does the law regard as a sufficiently certain designation of that debt? Which obligation is extinguished if the …
Read moreESOPs, 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 …
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