Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

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26th October 2020 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Abolition of so-called super-gross wage in the Czech Republic may raise take-home pay by several hundred or thousand crowns

The Czech ministry of finance has been preparing a draft bill which abolishes the concept of the super-gross wage. This will mean a bigger pay slip for employees.
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21st October 2020 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Czech emigrants and their descendants will have it easier to (re-)acquire Czech citizenship

Some want to escape the consequences of Brexit, others feel compelled by Trump to leave the U.S., yet others would like to live and work in the EU: Czech emigrants who live abroad and their expatriate descendants may now easily acquire a Czech passport – and thus EU citizenship.
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14th October 2020 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


Retail Price Maintenance in the EU

A classic price-fixing arrangement typically takes the form of a cartel, i.e. a price fixing arrangement between competitors. Price fixing is also prohibited for companies in a vertical relationship (active at different levels of the supply chain such as a manufacturer and a retailer).
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic