Amendment to the Employment Act - Czech "short-time working" allowance

On 1 July 2021, an amendment to the Employment Act came into effect introducing new institute of the so-called "short-time working" allowance. This is intended to be anti-crisis measure – kind of benefit for situations when it is necessary to support keeping of jobs whose preserving is exposed to external factors. Providing of this support requires its activation based on issuing of governmental order. The reasons for issuing of such a governmental order may be of an economic nature, or may arise due to a n