Transcript Document 7349234

Live & Work
in the Czech Republic
David Chlupacek, EURES adviser
Contents
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Looking for job in CZ
Geographical aspect
Working conditions
TO Dos
Czech labour market
Looking for job
Various ways
• Public Services
• internet portal of Labour offices and Ministry of labour
• contact with Labour office in person
• Private Services
• private employment / recruitment agencies
• commercial internet job servers
• Newspapers and media
• Direct contact with employers
Looking for job
> Public Services
Labour offices
• receive job vacancies from Czech companies
• Integrated portal of Ministry of Labour and Social affairs
http://portal.mpsv.cz/eures
• English language mutation
 click on Everything about work in the CR
 click on Vacancies in the CR
Job Vacancies from Czech companies can also be found on
European Job Mobility Portal - http://eures.europa.eu
Looking for job
> Private Services
Private Employment Agencies
• database of those with licence by the Ministry of labour
• available on http://portal.mpsv.cz/sz,
• direct link is http://portal.mpsv.cz/sz/obcane/zpr_prace .
Association
• Association of Personnel Services Providers (APPS)
http://www.apps.cz/
Some of the private emplyment agencies:
Adecco, Grafton Recruitment, Manpower, StartPeople, Trenkwalder, Manmark,
PeoplePlace, Index Noslus, Hofmann Wizard, AYS, Stegmann Czech
Looking for job
> Private Services
Internet Job servers, e.g.
www.jobs.cz
www.jobsinprague.cz
www.jobsinczech.cz
www.hledampraci.cz
www.hotjobs.cz
www.joblist.cz
www.prace.cz
www.jobpilot.cz
www.monster.cz
Looking for job
> newspapers/media
Countrywide
Mladá fronta dnes
Hospodářské noviny
Prague Post
Czech Business Weekly
PragueMonitor
http://jobdnes.idnes.cz/
http://kariera.ihned.cz/
www.praguepost.com
www.cbw.cz
www.praguemonitor.com
Local
DENÍK, local editions
www.denik.cz
Special website
www.expats.cz
Internet browsers and search engines
www.seznam.cz
www.centrum.cz
www.atlas.cz
www.klikni.cz
www.google.cz
Looking for job
> competence
• Language skills
• Curriculum vitae
• Cover letter
Sometimes required:
• Extract from the criminal register
(when working with money, children)
• Health certificate (when working with food, employer arranges at the Czech
doctor before beginning of employment)
Geographical aspect
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Situated in the central Europe
Bordering countries: Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Austria
Three historical regions: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
Population: 10,3 million
Area: 79.000 km2
Currency: Czech Crown (Kč/CZK) 1€= CZK 25
Internet domain: .cz
Working conditions
Working time
• 40 hours a week
(reduced to 38,5 in 2 shift work operations and 37,5 hrs in 3 shift work
operations)
• in average 8 hours a day
(in shift work operations 12 hrs shifts)
• flexible time is common
• 30 minutes break after 6 hours of work
Holidays:
• basic annual leave is 4 weeks
(a lot of employers offer 5 weeks)
Working conditions
• Safety and Health regulations
At the beginning of employment employee usually undergoes medical
examination, which employer usually arranges.
In particular occupations additional regular examinations are necessary:
construction, transport, electro, etc.
Working conditions
Wage/Salary
• Current minimum monthly pay 8 000 CZK €320
• Average gross monthly pay
23 435 CZK €937
(4th Q 2007)
TO DOs Before Work
Entry formalities
 EU nationals can freely enter the Czech Republic
 do not need work permit or visa
 however they should:
1. Report to local Foreigner’s Police Office within 3 working days, if
they plan to stay longer than 30 days (usually hotel does).
2. Be registered with local Labour Office by their employer and by the
date the work starts.
3. Undergo medical examination, which employer usually arranges
* If you travel by car and use the Czech highways, you must pay the toll and display sticker on your car as evidence.
TO DOs Before Work
Employment contract
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if Czech labour laws chosen, be aware of the Czech working
conditions and the Labour Code
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it is obligatory to conclude a written contract
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should contain:
 position, place of work, starting date;
 others such as pay, duties and description of work position,
benefits etc.
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2 months notice period (if not arranged otherwise)
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trial period of 3 months usually
TO DOs on your arrival
Personal issues
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movement of goods in EU is not subject to customs procedure
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your car is released into free circulation within Schengen / EU
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your driving licence is accepted yet check if it is valid internationally
/ EU format.
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open a bank account /advisable/
TO DOs on your arrival
Job-related steps
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tax registration with local tax authority
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work registration with local Labour Office
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registration for health and social insurance
* all of these procedures done by employer / company
TO DOs during your stay
 Consider whether or not to apply for a residence card at the
Foreigners’ Police Office, if the stay longer than 90 days.
 Register car within six months for a Czech number.
TO DOs on your departure
• keep your payslips
• keep your employment contract
• have certificate of previous Czech employment issued by
the employer in CZ
• have E301 as a “Certificate concerning the periods to be
taken into account for the granting of unemployment
benefits” issued by Czech Labour Office
* European forms are useful as certificate for benefits and pension in future and your
rights in other EU state that you move in.
Czech labour market
• Number of Workers from Italy and other EU countries
• Unemployment & Job Vacancies
• Trends
Foreign workers from EU /statistics/
State
# as of August 2008
Slovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Austria
Netherlands
Hungary
103466
22846
5737
4375
2620
1906
1398
757
752
560
537
Foreign workers from EU /statistics/
State
# as of August 2008
Lithuania
Spain
Belgium
Sweden
Ireland
Denmark
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
Finland
417
308
249
206
170
131
118
115
112
108
limit: states listed with # > 100
Unemployment & Job vacancies
unemployed persons
unemployment rate
job vacancies
312,3 thousand
5,3 %
150,9 thousand
Trends: Unemployd & Job vacancies (blue colour)
Nezaměstnanost a volná pracovní místa
v letech 2006-2008
600
500
v tis.osob, míst
počet uchazečů o
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300
volná pracovní místa
200
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Trends: Demand
Some of the occupations with high demand:
• construction worker
• craftsman, welder
• electro-mechanic, assembler, maintanance worker
• cook, chef, waiter, waitress
• lorry driver, truck driver
• software engineer
• customer service worker / call centre operator / administrative worker with
foreign languages
Useful links
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http://eures.europa.eu
http://portal.mpsv.cz/eures
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Information for foreigners
www.domavcr.cz
www.expats.cz
Good luck!
David Chlupacek
EURES adviser
Czech Republic
email: [email protected]
phone: +420567128188