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Live & Work in the Czech Republic. David Chlupacek, EURES adviser. Contents. 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Live & Work in the Czech Republic
David Chlupacek, EURES adviser
• Looking for job in CZ• Geographical aspect• Working conditions • TO Dos• Czech labour market
Contents
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 onEuropean 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
Internet Job servers, e.g.
www.jobs.cz www.jobsinprague.czwww.jobsinczech.cz www.hledampraci.cz www.hotjobs.cz www.joblist.cz www.prace.cz www.jobpilot.czwww.monster.cz
Looking for job > Private Services
Looking for job > newspapers/media
CountrywideMladá fronta dnes http://jobdnes.idnes.cz/Hospodářské noviny http://kariera.ihned.cz/ Prague Post www.praguepost.com Czech Business Weekly www.cbw.cz PragueMonitor www.praguemonitor.com
Local DENÍK, local editions www.denik.cz
Special website www.expats.cz
Internet browsers and search engineswww.seznam.czwww.centrum.czwww.atlas.czwww.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)
• 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
Geographical aspect
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)
Working conditions
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- if Czech labour laws chosen, be aware of the Czech working
conditions and the Labour Code
- it is obligatory to conclude a written contract
- should contain:
position, place of work, starting date;
others such as pay, duties and description of work position, benefits etc.
- 2 months notice period (if not arranged otherwise)
- trial period of 3 months usually
TO DOs on your arrival
Personal issues
• movement of goods in EU is not subject to customs procedure
• your car is released into free circulation within Schengen / EU
• your driving licence is accepted yet check if it is valid internationally / EU format.
• open a bank account /advisable/
TO DOs on your arrival
Job-related steps
• tax registration with local tax authority
• work registration with local Labour Office
• 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 103466Poland 22846Bulgaria 5737Romania 4375Germany 2620United Kingdom 1906France 1398Italy 757Austria 752Netherlands 560Hungary 537
Foreign workers from EU /statistics/
State # as of August 2008
Lithuania 417Spain 308Belgium 249Sweden 206Ireland 170Denmark 131Portugal 118Switzerland 115Greece 112Finland 108
limit: states listed with # > 100
Unemployment & Job vacancies
unemployed persons 312,3 thousandunemployment rate 5,3 %job vacancies 150,9 thousand
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Trends: Unemployd & Job vacancies (blue colour)
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
• http://eures.europa.eu • http://portal.mpsv.cz/eures
Information for foreigners • www.domavcr.cz• www.expats.cz
Good luck!
David Chlupacek
EURES adviser
Czech Republic
email: [email protected]
phone: +420567128188
