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Amendment to the Labour Code published in the Collection of Laws

On 19 September 2023, the long-discussed amendment to the Labour Code and some other laws was published in the Collection of Laws under number 281/2023.

The effectiveness of the first part of the amendment is on the first day of the calendar month following its publication in the Collection of Laws. Thus, the majority of the amended provisions will become effective on 1 October 2023. The other two parts of the amendment will become effective on 1 January 2024 and 1 January 2029. More information on not only the split effective date of the amendment can be found in our previous alert.

The provisions that become effective on 1 October relate to:

• new remote work regulation, including the employer´s obligation to conclude a written  agreement on remote work with employees (unless a remote work is ordered by a public authority) or the obligation for employers to compensate employees for costs incurred while performing work remotely (unless it is agreed in advance that employees are not entitled to any compensation);
• new statutory essentials of the agreement to perform work;
• the compulsory scheduling of working time for employees working on the basis of agreements to perform work and agreements on working activity;
• the extension of the list of information that employers must provide to employees in writing, including a shortened timeframe for providing this information;
• the introduction of an information obligation also for employees working based on agreements to perform work and agreements on working activity; or
• changes to the delivery of documents to employees and employers.

The time between the publication in the Collection of Laws and the amendment's effective date is very short and employers now have just under two weeks to amend their employment law documentation and related internal processes to ensure their compliance with the Labour Code.

If you would like more detailed information, please contact the authors of this article or other members of the EY team with whom you work.

Authors:

Ondřej Havránek

Kateřina Suchanová