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 Rep has highest labour productivity ratio for programming, broadcasting sector in 2012
According to recently published Eurostat data, the highest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio for the programming and broadcasting sector in 2012 was recorded in the Czech Republic (357.7 %); this figure was 2.4 times as high as the national average for the whole of the non-financial business economy.
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On Posted Workers: Revised Directive - not that big deal in Czech context?
In its document presented at the rountable on labour migration, within the National Convention on the European Union series of public discussions, the Government says the Czech Republic is a net receiver of labor migrants, the only country among the new EU member states
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ILO: Unemployment in Czech Republic to fall in 2016, 2017. More employment issues, news.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) recent World Employment Social Outlook, although global unemployment rates will rise globally, the unemployment will continue to fall in virtually all the Eastern European countries belonging to the European Union, and especially so in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Conversely, joblessness is projected to increase until 2017 in the Russian Federation, as well as in neighbouring economies, such as Belarus, which are negatively affected by the economic contraction in the Russian Federation. More employment issues, news inside.
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