Konec vstupních prohlídek u administrativních zaměstnanců?

No more entry checks for administrative staff?

On 31 August 2022, the government approved the so-called first anti-bureaucratic package. This contains twenty measures aimed at abolishing or simplifying obligations that lead to excessive administrative burdens on businesses.

One of the approved measures is the abolition of the initial medical examination that employers are obliged to provide to all employees before the employment relationship is established. The medical examination should be abolished for employees classified in the first category of work. Typically, these are administrative and similar employees. The only exception would be jobs in the first category which involve an occupational hazard or other risk factor. For these, initial medical examinations would continue to be compulsory.

According to the reasoning set out in the approved material, jobs in the first category do not have an adverse effect on health and doctors usually assess fitness for work automatically 'from the table'. The abolition of these examinations should therefore not adversely affect the health of employees. On the contrary, their abolition would reduce the administrative burden on employers and relieve overburdened occupational health services providers.

On the basis of the approved measures, the relevant ministries should now draft partial amendments to respective legal regulations to incorporate the proposed changes. These will then have to go through the standard legislative process, where they may undergo a number of modifications. One of the modifications already discussed is, for example, the abolition of the initial medical examination even for employees classified in the second category of work (without additional risks).

We are monitoring further developments in the adoption of the individual measures stated in the anti-bureaucratic package and will keep you informed. If you would like further information, please contact the authors of this article or other members of the EY team with whom you work.

Authors:

Barbora Suchá

Kateřina Suchanová

Magdalena Hamáčková