Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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Eurostat: Czech Republic: Positive change in NEET rate for young people aged 20-24 since 2006 vs. wide gender gap and inactivity of female NEETs aged 30-34 in 2016
More than four fifths of young female NEETs (neither in employment nor in education) aged 30–34 in Finland, the Netherlands, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania were inactive in 2016, Eurostat says.
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Praguemorning.cz: Why Does the Czech Republic Have the Lowest Unemployment In the EU?
Before the Czech Republic is hailed as a paragon of manufacturing-driven employment success, it’s important to consider the long-term consequences it might face for not encouraging more foreign workers and perhaps relying too heavily on jobs that will soon belong to robots, praguemorning.cz writes.
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ILO: Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work
Regarding the positive effects of T/ICTM, workers report a reduction in commuting time, greater working time autonomy leading to more flexibility in terms of working time organisation, better overall work–life balance, and higher productivity. The disadvantages of T/ICTM are the tendency to lead to longer working hours, to create an overlap between paid work and personal life (work–home interference), and to result in work intensification, International Labour Organisation says,
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