Economic policy / Employment and Social Affairs

This section reports on economic policy initiatives of the Czech government, the EU, and other entities that have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the country. It also includes information on economic priorities of the AmCham and other leading associations.

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17th January 2016 / Economic policy / Employment and Social Affairs


WEF: Future of jobs 2016 | Czech labor market, trends

While only a minority of the world’s global workforce of more than three billion people is directly employed by large and emerging multinational employers, these companies often act as anchors for smaller firms and local entrepreneurship ecosystems. Therefore, in addition to their own significant share of employment, workforce-planning decisions by these firms have the potential to transform local labour markets through indirect employment and by setting the pace for changing skills and occupational requirements, World Economic Forum's recently published analysis Future of jobs 2016 says. Also, pay rises in the past were more than covered by productivity increases, a new trend might emerge in the Czech Republic where increased pay is no longer offset by productivity gains.
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11th June 2015 / Economic policy / Employment and Social Affairs


Economic Policy: Chambers of Commerce submit Joint Position Paper on Temporary Employment Issue

American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Association of Personnel Services Providers, British Chamber of Commerce, German-Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce, French-Czech Chamber of Commerce, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Korea Trade-Investment Pr...
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20th August 2014 / Economic policy / Employment and Social Affairs


Economic Policy: Kurzarbeit to be introduced in the Czech Republic

After its meeting on Monday 18th August Czech government announced that it has agreed with its partners prom business and trade union on the need on introducing so called “kurzarbeit” as a mean on dealing with the impact of sanctions applied on Russia and reciprocally on EU countries. Government ann...
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic