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Hiring your first employee in Czechia in 2027: employer obligations step by step
Payroll Accounting

Hiring your first employee in Czechia in 2027: employer obligations step by step

Register with ČSSZ at the latest 2 working days before the start, the employee before the start, the health insurer within 8 days, Kooperativa, JMHZ by the 20th. A complete checklist of employer obligations for a first employee under the JMHZ rules, with employee costs in 2027.

10/27/2026 10 min
What is being prepared for 2027 in Czech labour law and payroll: bills and their status
Payroll Accounting

What is being prepared for 2027 in Czech labour law and payroll: bills and their status

The Labour Code amendment on pay transparency and a new definition of dependent work, the platform work act, new public-sector salary scales and the State Employees Act. We summarise what is being prepared for 2027, what stage it is at and what is already enacted.

10/26/2026 10 min
Net salary 2027 in Czechia: step-by-step calculation and examples
Payroll Accounting

Net salary 2027 in Czechia: step-by-step calculation and examples

How Czech net pay is calculated in 2027: contributions, tax advance, credits and child benefit step by step. A net-pay table from the minimum wage to CZK 200,000, examples for parents, students and DPP/DPČ agreements, and a comparison with 2026.

10/26/2026 9 min
Working days and public holidays in Czechia 2027: month by month
Payroll Accounting

Working days and public holidays in Czechia 2027: month by month

2027 has 252 working days and 2,016 working hours in Czechia. All public and other holidays in 2027 under Act No. 245/2000 Coll., long weekends and the number of working days and hours in each month.

10/26/2026 5 min
Employee benefits 2027 in Czechia: what is tax-exempt and what changes
Payroll Accounting

Employee benefits 2027 in Czechia: what is tax-exempt and what changes

From 1 January 2027 the shared benefit limit for sport and culture ends, holidays get their own CZK 20,000 limit, preventive healthcare is not income and tips become exempt. All tax-exempt benefits in 2027 under Act No. 180/2026 Coll., compared with 2026.

10/26/2026 9 min
Childcare and student tax credits 2027: they are back, how much you save and how to claim
Payroll Accounting

Childcare and student tax credits 2027: they are back, how much you save and how to claim

From 2027 the student tax credit (CZK 4,020 a year) and the childcare credit (up to CZK 24,900 per child) are back. Based on Act No. 180/2026 Coll., we explain who qualifies, how much you actually save, which documents you need and what it means for employers.

10/11/2026 10 min
Payroll limits and amounts 2027: DPP, decisive income, 23% tax and contributions in one place
Payroll Accounting

Payroll limits and amounts 2027: DPP, decisive income, 23% tax and contributions in one place

The 2027 average wage is CZK 51,663. The DPP contribution threshold rises to CZK 12,500, the decisive income to CZK 5,000, the social-insurance ceiling to CZK 2,479,824 and the 23% tax threshold to CZK 1,859,868. All 2027 figures in one place, updated as official sources are published.

10/11/2026 11 min
Czech platform work act: what it proposes and where it stands in Parliament
HR

Czech platform work act: what it proposes and where it stands in Parliament

On 31 August 2026 the government approved the platform work bill (Directive (EU) 2024/2831). It is in the Chamber of Deputies as print 301, first reading on 16 October 2026, proposed effective date 1 January 2027. We explain the presumption of employment, the algorithmic-management rules and the proposed new definition of dependent work.

9/15/2026 8 min
Pay transparency from 2027: what the Czech government bill contains and where it stands
HR

Pay transparency from 2027: what the Czech government bill contains and where it stands

On 31 August 2026 the government approved a Labour Code amendment introducing pay transparency (Directive (EU) 2023/970). It is in the Chamber of Deputies as print 300, with the first reading on 20 October 2026. We summarise what the bill requires of employers in recruitment, pay systems and reporting, and from when.

9/14/2026 8 min

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