Czech Republic

• Author: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission), European Centre of Expertise (ECE)
• Pages: 13-14

Flash Re por t 1 2/2018

Decem ber 20 18

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Czech Republic

Sum ma ry

(I ) Com pen satio n for accid ents at w ork an d occup atio nal disease has been adjust ed.

(I I) The average m ont hly salar y f or the fir st t o third

quarters of 201 8 ( calcu lation

basis for variou s ben efit s) h as been anno unced.

(I II) Wag es of stat e au thorit ies, j udges an d Eur opean Parliament r ep resen t at ives

have decr eased.

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1 Nation al Le gislat ion

1.1 An nual va lor isation of co mpensation for a ccidents at w or k a nd

occupa tio nal disease

Governm en t Regulat ion No. 321 / 2018 Coll., on the Adjust m ent of Com p ensat ion

Prov ided for the Loss of Ear nings after t he End of a Period of Tem porary Incapacit y f or

Wor k Caused by a Work Accident an d/ or Occupat ional Disease and on t he Adj ustm ent

of Com pen satio n of Survi vors Pur suant t o Labou r Law Regulat ions h as been pub lished .

The r egulat ion is av ailab le on the w ebpage of t he Czech Gove rnm ent .

It r egulat es the calcu lati on of the follow ing typ es of com pensation :

• ‘com pensat ion for loss of ear nings’ after t h e end of a period of t emporary

in capac ity f or wor k cause d b y a w ork acc iden t and / or by an occu pat ion al d isea se;

• ‘compen sati on o f beneficiaries’ ( prov ided to el igible benefi ciari es of em ployees) .

The am ount of compensation is calculat ed based on t he am ou nt of the employee’s

av erag e ea rni ngs. For th e p urp oses of the calc ulat ion , t he ra te of v alo risa tio n of av era ge

earnings is adjusted at the end of each y ear – the amount of av erage earning s is now

to be incre ased b y 3.4 per cent .

The regulat ion w as published on 2 0 December 2018 an d comes in t o effect on 01

January 2019.

The regulat ion sets out a valorisat ion p olicy of employees’ and their b eneficiar ies’

com pensation with t he aim of coun t er ing the n egat iv e effects of inflat ion on

com pensat ion clai ms.

1.2 Am ou nt of a verage m ont hly sala ry for th e 1 st t o 3 rd q uar te rs o f

2018

Announcement No. 311/ 201 8 Coll. of the Ministry of Labour and Social Aff airs of

12 Decem ber 201 8 an noun cing t he ave rage salar y i n t he nat ional econ omy for the fir st

to thir d qu arters o f 20 18 fo r t he pur poses of t he Act on Emp loym ent is availa ble o n t he

webp age o f t he Czech Gover nment.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Af fair s regularly p ublishes the n at ional econom y’s

average salary for the respect ive quarters for the purposes of Act No. 435/ 2004 Coll.

on em plo yment. The nat iona l econom y’s av erage salary for the fir st t o third q uart ers of

2018 was CZK 31 22 5 (in 2 017, it w as CZK 28 761 ).Th e average salary for the f irst t o

th ird qu art ers d eter min es t he calcu lation of

• th e m axim um amount of u nemploy ment benefit s;