Effective as of 1 January 2022, the base rate for the minimum wage rises by CZK 1,000 per month to CZK 16,200, or by 5.90 crowns per hour to CZK 96.40. The increase was decided by the Czech government at the cabinet meeting of 5 November 2021, and implemented by government decree No. 405/2021 Coll.

Also in 2021, Constitutional Court rulings and the case law of the higher courts have significantly affected the interpretation of disputed situations regulating the mutual rights and obligations of employers and employees or have completely reversed the positions previously held by the courts. The employment law team at Eversheds Sutherland has selected the TOP 10 case law decisions of 2021 that your HR department should be aware of.