Abolition of initial wage compensation during sick leave

Abstract

After 50 years of reliance on public insurance or social security programmes, the Czech legislature has enacted a statutory wage continuation payments programme in Section 192 et seq. of the second Czech Labour Code of 2006 (Sick Pay Reform). Instead of statutory sick pay financed from the state budget from collected premiums on sick leave insurance, employers are obliged to pay wage compensation due during the first 14 calendar days for time away from work for illness. Employees on sick leav...