Change of minimal wage
31.07.2013
On 1st of August 2013 an amendment of government directive No. 567/2006 Coll. (amendment No. 210/2013), under which the amount of minimal monthly wage changes from actual amount of 8.000,- CZK to amount of 8500,- CZK per month, becomes effective. The basic amount of minimal hourly wage for employees remunerated by hourly-wage, whose set weekly working-hours is 40 hours per week, newly amounts 50,60 CZK instead of 48,10 CZK per hour. Further to this change, the lowest rates of guaranteed wage, under which th
Read moreWrong information about the debtor's bankruptcy in the insolvency register vs. an application of a receivable
23.07.2013
Error in obtaining the information from the insolvency registers is always a hot topic. It often happens that the creditor does not register his claim within the period fixed by the court’s decision on bankruptcy as a result of inaccurate information displayed about the bankruptcy of the debtor. According to the Insolvency Act late submitted applications are not accepted by the bankruptcy court. How is it in the case when the creditor registered his receivable late due to the error in searching of the debtor in the insolvency register?
The change of interest from delay and implementation of the minimum compensation for recovery costs for debts
16.07.2013
On 1st of July 2013 an amendment of Government Regulation (Act No. 180/2013 Coll.), which regulates amount of interests from delay and payment from delay according to Civil Code, and which sets minimum compensation for recovery costs for debts (amendment No. 180/2013 Coll) became effective. According to the amendment the annual value of interest from delay will newly correspond to the value of the repo rate set by the Czech National Bank for the last day of the calendar half-year, which precedes the calendar half-year in which the delay occurred, increased by 8% compared with the previous 7%.
Read moreThe due date according to the amendment of the Commercial Code
09.07.2013
On 1st of July 2013 an amendment of Commercial Code (Act No. 179/2013 Coll.) which regulates due date of prices for delivery of goods or service provision between businessmen became effective. According to the amendment the contracting parties may agree on due date longer than 60 days only in exceptional circumstances if this longer term is not grossly unfair to the creditor.
Read moreTravelling to the other countries out of EU only with an identity card
02.07.2013
From 21st of June 2013 the identity card is the only sufficient document for travelling to some other countries out of EU or Schengen area, i.e. the passport is not necessary for this purpose.
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