New state contribution for the employers to the wages of their employees

An amendment to Act No. 435/2004 Coll., on Employment, was published in the Collection of Laws. This amendment allows the state to provide a contribution to the wages of the employees of the employers who occurred in a difficult situation, so a notice does not have to be given to the employees. This amendment will come into effect on 1^st October 2015.

The regulation applies to the employers who are unable to assign work to the employee at least in the amount of 20 % of the full-time weekly working hours on the grounds of the partial unemployment or the natural event.

The state contribution amounts 20 % of the average earnings of the employee, but no more than 0,125 times of the average wage in the national economy. The contribution shall be provided for maximum of 6 months with the possibility of one extension for another six months.