This paper analyses the capacity of the Czech Republic’s social partners to effectively engage in social dialogue at various levels. The paper forms part of a wider, comparative project, managed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Ireland) and the Work
Trade union officials are rated positively by both employees and human resources managers, who appreciate their ability to harmonise the interests of the company’s management and employees. An assessment of trade unions also drew attention to the lack of younger trade union officials.
In recent years, labour market developments have altered the demand for labour. Increasingly, employers are looking for adaptable workers, with more 'transversal' and 'relational' competences. The nature of skills required to be considered efficient in a job has thus evolved. In this situation
The Council of Economic and Social Agreement of the Czech Republic (Rada hospodářské a sociální dohody ČR, RHSD ČR [1]) is a voluntary body made up of representatives of trade unions, employers and the government, which engages in joint tripartite negotiations. Its operation is not legally regulated
The current situation of social dialogue in the joint-stock company Czech Railways (České dráhy a.s., ČD [1]) is the persistent disagreement of social partners in negotiating the company collective agreement (ELCA) for 2005. During the course of negotiations, which lasted for days, the parties
On 16 December 2004, the Trade Union of Workers in the Woodworking Industry, Forestry and Water Management (Odborový svaz pracovníků dřevozpracujících odvětví, lesního a vodního hospodářství v ČR, OS DLV [1]) issued a 'strike alert'. The reason was that collective bargaining had been broken off by
A recent social dialogue twinning project under the EU PHARE programme (CZ-IB-1999-CO-02), in which the social partners participated, threw up a number of findings regarding current barriers to social dialogue in the Czech Republic that restrict the capacity for action of social partner
The results of various sociological surveys allow the public’s view of trade unions and trade union issues to be mapped, at least in guideline terms, from the start of the 1990s. The data used in this article is taken from: regular annual surveys by the Institute (since 2001 the Centre) for Public
The Czech economy has been successful in 2004. Results in industry and also, for example, the banking sector have paved the way for greater growth in gross domestic product (GDP) than predicted by official forecasts. The Ministry of Finance has already raised its quarterly GDP growth forecasts, from
Based on a petition lodged by 52 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu) in November 2002, in June 2003 the Constitutional Court (Nejvyšší soud ČR) issued a ruling that rescinded Section 7 of the Act on collective bargaining (no. 2/1991 in the Collection of Laws), which