This report provides a comparative overview of teamwork, based on the European Working Conditions Surveys and 16 national contributions to a questionnaire. It considers how teamwork has developed as a new form of work organisation and takes into account the context at national and company level. The
A 2014 survey finds that 42% of respondents in the Czech Republic trust trade unions. This figure has been steadily rising for the last three years among employees in both public and private sectors. Another 2014 poll shows that nearly 66% think unions are useful and helpful.
Recent research carried out in the Czech Republic indicates that what employers are looking for nowadays are workers who are willing to learn new things, can interpret work instructions and are prepared to take responsibility. However, employers say that today's school-leavers perform poorly on most
A survey carried out by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (Výzkumý ústav práce a sociálních vecí, RILSA [1]) focused on analysing the attitudes of employers in the Czech Republic towards part-time work. The representative survey covers a sample of 1,019 companies in the private
A survey carried out by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (Výzkumý ústav práce a sociálních vecí, RILSA [1]) focused on analysing the cost of work carried out by older employees aged over 50 years. The survey draws on data from the Average Wage Information System (ISPV [2]), which
Not only women who care for children opt to work from home, but also students, disabled people or individuals with a particular lifestyle. The characteristics of teleworking and the reasons given for working from home should be examined separately for men and women. That is because women generally
As part of the process concerning the Czech Republic’s accession to the European Union, the country has introduced a number of legal standards pertaining to work safety and health protection. Indeed, the legal protection of Czech employees in relation to work safety and health had already been at a