The Senate approved an amendment to the Labour Code: significant changes await employers and employees, what are they?

PRAGUE - The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic has approved an amendment to the Labour Code, which brings a number of important changes in the area of labour relations. The amendment responds to the current needs of the labour market and European legislative requirements. The key changes concern in particular telework, rules for contract workers, digitisation of documentation and simplification of communication between employees and employers. For example, the obligation to have a written home office agreement, the extension of the employer's information obligation towards the employee and new conditions for the scheduling of working time are introduced. The aim of the amendment is to increase the flexibility of the labour market while maintaining legal certainty and protection of employees. The law is now expected to head for the President's signature and subsequently enter into force later this year. The changes may significantly affect the day-to-day operations of many companies and workers themselves.

The period of notice will begin upon receipt of the notice. The probationary period will be extended. 14-year-olds will be allowed to work part-time.

Self-employed, don't forget to file reports. The deadline is usually one month after the return is filed. If you file with an advisor, you have until August 1.

Does your company give shares to employees? Read the tax guidelines from the Inland Revenue. They include, for example, tax deferral and can be found on this page.

Have you won a bet or lottery? Don't forget to tax. Since last year, the exemption limit has been CZK 50,000, above which the income must be included in the return.

Did you get an overpayment of tax? If you filed your return by 1 April, you'll get your overpayment back by 2 May.

Don't forget about changes to your return, warns the Financial Administration. This page summarises the news, such as the limitation of the spouse's allowance and the abolition of child benefit.

File your return and pay your gambling tax for Q1 2025 by 25 April.
File your return, control and summary statements and pay VAT for Q1 2025 by 25 April.
Submit your notification of cross-border VAT turnover for small businesses for the first quarter of 2025 by 30 April.
Submit the CESOP Notification for Q1 2025 by April 30.
Pay your employer's statutory liability insurance premium for the 2nd quarter of 2025 by April 30.
File your electronic income tax return and pay your 2024 tax by May 2.
File your windfall profits tax return and pay your 2024 tax by May 2.

And here are a few things that are still being discussed

The court has ruled on custody. The person who cared for the child the most is entitled to it. He didn't have to suffer a drop in income or a limitation in his career.

We're gonna announce the recruits before they start? Jurečka proposes shortening the deadline for registering employees.

Lawmakers are working on uniform reporting. It should save employers paperwork starting next year.

The government wants to abolish withholding tax. This would increase the number of employees who have to file returns.

1.6 million returns, the IRS reports. The first filing deadline has passed, with over 60 % returns coming in electronically.

The tax administration seized 10 tons of shoes. It caught a Greek company that was supposed to be transporting goods to Spain and was instead selling them on the Sapa.

The bailiffs took away gold bars worth CZK 6 million. The Goldstein operation uncovered fake gold sales from Turkey to EU countries. The aim of the fraud was to avoid Czech VAT.
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