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25th January 2022 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency


TOP 10 case law decisions in Employment Law of 2021

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.

20th January 2022 / Competitiveness / Social Responsibility


Humanitarian and Alumnus Tomáš Bendl featured in Muživčesku.cz

If you are keenly interested in Humanitarian work- this is one for you! In this fascinating interview with Alumnus Tomáš Bendl, learn more about the work of international NGO Médecins Sans Frontières, Tomáš’s role, and the Missing Maps project. Tomáš also takes a moment to comment on the recently introduced Afghan Refugee Scholarship recounting MSF in their work in Afghanistan.

20th January 2022 / Politics / Elections


CEE Covid-19 & Political Overview

Regional update on the Covid-19 and political overview from Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

 

 

20th January 2022 / Competitiveness / Tax & Finance


Who bears the burden of proof in tax proceedings and why is it important to know?

The questions of who bears the burden of proof in tax proceedings and when has plagued many a taxpayer and even tax administrators. The burden of proof is distributed between them and during tax proceedings usually shifts from one to the other. The proper understanding of how the burden of proof works is therefore central to the choice of an appropriate strategy and can often be the key to success.

20th January 2022 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry


CTP expands inner city logistics footprint with additional €125m Czech investment in CTPark Brno Líšeň

CTP, Continental Europe’s leading listed developer and owner of logistics real estate by gross lettable area (GLA), has added 69,000 m2 of buildings and development land to its CTPark Brno Líšeň in the Czech Republic through a sale-and-leaseback transaction with Zetor Tractors, the Czech agricultural machinery producer. The acquisition marks a major step in the overall €125 million transformation of the former Zetor brownfield industrial site into a modern new park for light manufacturing, retail, research, and inner city logistics which CTP embarked on in 2019. The transaction sees CTP consolidating its ownership in the Líšeň district, increasing the total land size to 29 hectares. Upon completion, CTPark Brno Líšeň will provide some 150,000 m2 of lettable area with over 2,500 jobs.
 

Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy

  1. Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
  2. The City Campus as Idea Factory
  3. Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
  4. Government as a Competitive Advantage, including Digitization

Advocacy Priorities for 2023 
 
Technology, People, Infrastructure

 

Actions Recommended in Areas:

1. Establishing Policy Objectives for Research.

2. Research Investment and Cooperation. Big Bets (Key Technology Projects).

3. Establishing Databases for Tracking Public Policy Outcomes.

4. Public Procurement as an Innovation Tool.

5. Immigration of STEM Talents.

6. Digitization of Immigration. 

7. Adult Reskilling and Upskilling.

8. Digitization of Land Use.

9. Infrastructure Development, including Technology Parks.

 

 

Read the documents in English and Czech.

Policy pipeline

In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.

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