Implementation of the EU Directives on Work-Life Balance and on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions across Central Europe

The directive on „Work-life balance“ aims to improve work-life balance for employees with caring responsibilities outside work. It introduces several new entitlements for employees, especially those with children under the age of 8. In addition, the directive aims at encouraging working fathers to use their parental rights. While they theoretically have the same rights as mothers, they only rarely take advantage of them. Now, with a new ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ right to at least 2 moths parental leave, we anticipate greater uptake.

The second directive on „Transparent and predictable working conditions“ aims to ensure more predictable and stable working conditions for employees.

Both new entitlements require employers to revise certain internal regulations, documentation, and policies. Some may find implementation challenging without incurring substantial impact on their working practices.

To help businesses understand and navigate these changes, Deloitte Legal has created a report on the new requirements and their implementation. We hope you find it useful.

The authors of the Czech Republic part are Partner at Deloitte Legal Jan Procházka and Managing Associate Petra Schneiderova, who specialize in employment law and closely follow the upcoming Amendment to the Labour Code implementing these directives as well as introducing home office regulation and changes in e-signing of labour law documentation.