Changes to Czech Employment Law

Czech Business and Trade / In their article, Natasa Randlova and Lucie Horejsi describe the most significant changes to Czech employment law regulations, being effective as of 1 January 2015. The authors summarize major changes, especially those related to the penalties imposed by labour inspectors for a violation of prescribed rules.

Business Bulletin No. 1/2015

This issue is dedicated to the most interesting events from the relevant areas of law in the last quarter of 2014. In the section ‘Adopted Acts’ you can learn about amendments to the Value Added Tax Act or an amendment to the act on investment companies and investment funds. We also mention an act amending the regulation of the financial market, which, inter alia, reduces the limit for cash payments. In the section Legislation Under Discussion we bring your attention to an amendment to the Civil Procedural Code, which is to change the rules of enforcement of debts under CZK 50 000. In terms of case-law we mention an important decision of the Supreme Court, which specifies the formal requirements for powers of attorney issued for the foundation of a company, a judgment on arbitration clauses in consumer disputes and a decision of the Office for the Protection of Competition on indirect price fixing. At the end, we inform you about new a practice of the Registry Courts in the registration of corporate changes.

Randl Partners to support young writers

The National Literary Award For Young Writers has been taking place in the Czech Republic since 2007. The contest is open to young literati under 19 years of age who submit their short stories on various pre-arranged topics. Each year, an expert jury chooses among hundreds of young authors the winners of individual categories as set by age but also the ultimate winner of the annual volume who gets the chance to travel and visit Edinburgh in Scotland.”We are very happy to support talented young authors and at the same time, we are very astonished by such a high level of their stories. Beside this, the contest is very well organized and it is thus a pleasure to cooperate with its administrators,” says Nataša Randlová, a Partner of Randl Partners.More information about the contest can be found here.

Employment of foreigners

Doing business  / The article of Ondrej Chlada brings information about employing of foreigners in the Czech Republic and deals with the newly implemented regulation of the so-called Employee Cards. The author focuses especially on the explanation of the system of employing of foreigners, and the obligations each foreigner must fulfil in order to get the work permit in the Czech Republic.

Labour Code lays down the rights and obligations of employers and employees

Doing business / After another year has gone and Natasa Randlova brings in her article updated description of rights and obligations of both employees and employers in the Czech Republic and where to find them. Basically, the article guides the reader through the Czech Labour Code – in particular, through the sections concerning rights and obligations of employees and employers.

New Civil code and the employer-employee relationships

Doing business / The article written by Natasa Randlova and Lucie Horejsi describes the connection between the Labour Code and the new Civil Code, which became effective on 1 January 2014. The authors summarize the most important new provisions concerning the employer-employee relationships after a year of effectiveness the new Civil code.

Randl Partners awarded LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR 2014

On November 10, 2014, on ceremonious evening in the Intercontitnental Hotel in Prague, the website EPRAVO.CZ has announced results of the 7th year of the annual competition “Law Firm of the Year” which is organized under the auspices of the Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic Helena Válková and the Czech Bar Association. All categories have been rated by external evaluators who were independent on both the participants and the promoter. The final results stand for ranking of the best law firms in 15 proferssional categories which can be found at www.pravnickafirmaroku.cz.

Potential breakthrough for employee requests for reduced working hours

In his article, Ondrej Chlada summarizes the judgement of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic saying that an employer may decline an employee’s request for reduced working hours or a different distribution of working hours if the employer has serious operational reasons for doing so, even if the employee applies for the reduction in order to take care of a child under 15 or a disabled person or because she is pregnant.

Employment of foreigners: Employee Cards

Czech Business and Trade / In his article, Ondřej Chlada summarizes the issue of employing of foreigners in the Czech Republic and deals with the newly implemented regulation of the so-called Employee Cards. The author focuses primarily on the explanation of the system of employing of foreigners, and the obligations each foreigner must fulfil in order to get the work permit in the Czech Republic.

Randl Partners awarded Best Immigration Law Firm 2014 Czech Republic

Within the 2014 Global Mobility & Immigration Awards, the prestigious British magazine Acquisition International rendered Randl Partners the award of the Best Immigration Law Firm 2014 for the Czech Republic. The award is based on votes of the readers of the magazine, partner companies and also on evaluation of the board of experts. The Global Mobility & Immigration Awards recognise law firms, financial institutions, relocation specialists and global mobility experts for their expertise and excellence of service in the field of global mobility. The assesses firms are mostly nominated by their clients.More information about the project can be found here.

How to calculate unemployment benefits in cross-border situations; ‘typical’ and ‘atypical’ frontier workers

Natasa Randlova contributed to the August issue with her article regarding frontier workers. In particular, the author reviews the situation when a person was employed in a state, not being that of his residence, and he/she does not return to his state of residence at least once a week. In this respect, this person has a choice of where to apply for unemployment support: in his/her state of residence or in his/her state of work. If such a ‘frontier worker’ applies for unemployment support in his/her state of residence, the amount of that support should be calculated based on the earnings a worker in a similar job earns in the state of residence and not on the applicant’s own previous earnings.

Randl Partners supported the conference “Corporate governance in Central Europe”

Randl Partners, attorneys at law, supported the international conference “Corporate governance in Central Europe”, which was held on 30th May, 2014, at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague.During the introductory words, the Partner of Randl Partners, Dr. Pavel Randl, LL.M. discussed the importance of approximation of legal theory and practice.Then, 14 participants presented their research papers, including Mgr. Michal Vrajík, the member of Randl Partners employment law team. He focused on the liability of the managerial employees of the company.For more information see here or here.

Randl Partners achieved the hightest ranking in the Chambers Europe 2014 chart

Prague, May 2014 – The ranking of European law firms, Chambers Europe 2014, confirmed the position of the employment law team of Randl Partners at the highest level of evaluation (Band 1) for the fourth year in a row. Furthermore, Natasa Randlova, as the leader of the employment law team and co-founder of the office, has maintained her prominent appraisal as “a personality with an exceptional reputation in their field” (Star Individual) for the third time. She is thus still considered to be “number one” in labour law in the Czech Republic.Also two other lawyers from the team were awarded excellent positions within the Chambers Europe 2014 ranking. Therefore, again this year, Randl Partners has maintained their unique position among Czech law firms in the field of labour law, as no other office managed to achieve such success.

Best Lawyers 2014 awards Randl Partners lawyers

Each year, Best Lawyers evaluate significant persons in legal practice in various areas of law, in 65 countries worldwide. The fourth edition of Best Lawyers for the Czech Republic has listed Nataša Randlová, Tereza Kadlecová and Romana Nahlíková Kaletová among the 15 most successful attorneys-at-law within the country in the area of employment law. As well as last year, no other employment law firm has accomplish to have three recommended team members listed in the chart.Thanks to the accomplishments of its attorneys, Randl Partners was rewarded as “Top Listed” in Best Lawyers 2014 chart.

New employment law specialist Michal Vrajík joins the office

Randl Partners, attorneys at law, has grown by one more expert in employment law,  Michal Vrajík. Michal Vrajík has previously worked at Dvořák Hager & Partners, where he had worked since 2009 focusing mainly on labor law, corporate law and corporate transformations as well as representation of the clients in court proceedings.

! Randl Partners – change of the official seat of residence

We would like to inform you about the official change of the seat of residence of Randl Partners, attorneys at law, as of April 1, 2014.For the purpose of regular correspondence and business announcements, our new address is:Tetris Office BuildingBudějovická 1550/15aPostal Code 140 00 Praha 4Whereas, the telephone number to the new offices remains the same: +420 222 755 311 , the fax number changes as follows: +420 270 007 311.At the same time, as of the above stated date, the invoicing address of Randl Partners is as follows:Randl Partners – Dr. Pavel RandlTetris Office BuildingBudějovická 1550/15a140 00 Praha 4IČ: 66220858, DIČ: CZ6710311696