Labour law and corporate immigration

Labour law and corporate immigration

Key contacts

Jan Koval
Partner
jan.koval@havelpartners.cz

Petra Sochorová
Counsel
petra.sochorova@havelpartners.cz

HAVEL & PARTNERS is fully aware of the increasing importance of employment law and human resources management. With respect to the long-term cooperation with Czech, Slovak, and international companies, we understand the complexity of the issues faced by firms in this area. We offer practical solutions based on our extensive legal expertise and experience.

Labour and social security law

We provide our clients with comprehensive legal advisory in the fields of labour law and social security law. We draft in particular labour law documents and expert opinions, represent our clients before judicial and administrative authorities, or provide partial consultations in urgent matters.

We have vast experience with advising in a whole range of day-to-day matters in the workplace. We understand how HR teams and the management of our clients work and we know how important it is for companies to stay on top in the ever-changing and constantly evolving HR area. For that reason, our team of specialised experts provides not only traditional but also specific labour law and HR management services including the following:

  • drafting management, employment and other agreements;
  • drafting work rules and other internal regulations;
  • employee remuneration;
  • ensuring and implementing the principles of equal opportunities;
  • discrimination;
  • employee layoffs including negotiations and prevention of judicial disputes;
  • labour law litigations with employees/executives;
  • agency employment;
  • collective bargaining agreements, negotiating and communicating with trade unions;
  • company restructuring;
  • HR audits;
  • compliance programmes;
  • whistleblowing;
  • internal investigation of unlawful acts by employees;
  • the Civil Service Act;
  • tailored training/workshops.

Our labour law team has extensive experience in the statutory regulation of employment relations between expatriate employees and domestic employers as well as between Czech employees and foreign employers, including the selection of the appropriate law and jurisdiction to govern the relevant employment relationships and subsequent tax optimizations.

Immigration law

Our law firm also provides comprehensive legal support to employers and employees (as well as to their family members) with regards to immigration law. Thanks to our extensive experience with cross-border projects, our highly specialised team is able to efficiently create the most suitable structure of the relocation plan, and assess the social security and tax aspects, as well as the choice of law that is to temporarily govern the contractual relationship. Besides that we ensure comprehensive preparation of all applications and underlying documentation, including certified translations, namely for the following areas:

EU/EEA citizens and their family members

  • meeting the notification duties when commencing and terminating employment
  • temporary and permanent residence
  • citizenship
  • secondments to the Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • coordination of secondments of employees from the Czech Republic and Slovakia abroad (in cooperation with law firms abroad)
  • tax assessments
  • providing the A1 certificate

Non-EU citizens

  • employment cards (dual and non-dual character)
  • recognition of degrees from foreign schools in the Czech Republic
  • Schengen visas for stays up to 90 days (for employment, business, etc.)
  • long-term visas for stays over 90 days
  • secondments to the Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • intra-corporate employee transfer card
  • visa for seasonal employment
  • long-term residence, including long-term residence permit for making investments
  • permanent residence, including notification duties when commencing or terminating employment
  • citizenship
  • representation before administrative courts (expatriation, etc.)
  • blue card
  • tax assessments

L&E Global

As an affiliated member of the L&E Global network, we offer our clients cross-border labour and employment law services, including the efficient handling of international labour and employment matters and multi-jurisdictional projects.

Publications and newsletters

Changes in the draft amendment to the Labour Code
Authors: Petra Sochorová, Anna Kubrichtová Last September we informed you of major changes … read more »

AMENDMENT TO THE LABOUR CODE - EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS UNDER NEW LEGISLATION
27 October 2022 Authors: Štěpán Štarha, Milan Černaj, Khrystyna Koleshchuk Fro… read more »

Major change in employment law
Authors: Dalibor Kovář, František Korbel, Petra Sochorová Let us inform you about an expected ma… read more »

The curfew and its impact on employers; possibilities of drawing contributions for employees’ wages within the “First Aid +” extended programme
Authors: Ondřej Majer, Štěpán Štarha, Lenka Ostró By its Resolution no. 678 of 22 October 2… read more »

Changes to the Labour Code as part of combating the viral disease COVID-19
Authors: Jan Koval, Štěpán Štarha, Lenka Ostró On 4 April 2020, a government proposal amendin… read more »

“Antivirus” Program
Authors: Jan Koval, Petra Sochorová Updated on December 7 2021. As of 30 November 2021, the … read more »

Closure of stores and other operations... What are the impacts on employers? [SK version]
Authors: Jan Koval, Štěpán Štarha, Zuzana Hargašová Due to the declaration of an emergency si… read more »

Closure of stores, operations… What are the impacts on employers?
Authors: Jan Koval, Veronika Plešková The Czech government declared a state of emergency on Thur… read more »

Coronavirus from the employer´s perspective [SK version]
Authors: Jan Koval, Štěpán Štarha, Zuzana Hargašová Due to an increasing number of questions… read more »

Coronavirus from the employer’s point of view II
Authors: Jan Koval, Veronika Plešková The situation around the Coronavirus outbreak in Europ… read more »

Coronavirus from the employer´s perspective
Authors: Jan Koval, Ema Drštičková, Veronika Plešková Given the growing questions and growing c… read more »

AMENDMENTS IN LABOUR LAW IN 2020
Authors: Jan Koval, Štěpán Štarha, Zuzana Hargašová Entitlement to a longer vacation The amen… read more »

A malady of the modern era – are you sure that it does not concern you?
Authors: Jan Koval, Veronika Plešková, Pavla Kaufmannová You have probably heard about it but ha… read more »

01-2019 Brexit Flash EN, PDF document
(Czech Brexit law will help British nationals legalise their stay in the Czech Republic and access… read more »

Articles and Interviews

Whistleblower protection and new obligations of employers in Slovakia
As of 1 March 2019, the legislation concerning the protection of persons reporting on anti-social a… read more »

Employee participation in supervisory boards of joint stock companies in the Czech Republic will be mandatory from January 2019!
An amendment to Act No. 90/2012 Sb., on Companies and Cooperatives (Act on Business Corporations), … read more »

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