Working time is a recurrent topic of study because the nature of work, its content, the conditions under which it is performed and the labour market itself keep changing. This report provides an overview of the recent evolution of working time duration and organisation in the EU and highlights the
The German national statutory minimum wage for international truck drivers has caused considerable controversy. Some Member States fear it will damage the competitiveness of companies sending drivers to destinations via Germany. However, it is important to find a balance between promoting the free
In March 2011 LMC [1], the most significant online recruitment agency in the Czech Republic, commissioned a survey on the utilisation of alternative forms of work (in Czech) [2] in order to identify the extent to which these forms of work are used. The survey was carried out by the research agency
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is conducted every quarter on a randomly selected sample of private households and focuses on surveying the economic status of the population across the country. It is carried out by the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ [1]) and began in 1992. The sample size is
The representative survey ‘Quality of working life’ was carried out by the Public Opinion Research Institute (CVVM [1]) and Occupational Safety Research Institute (VÚBP [2]) in 2006. The survey was part of the project entitled ‘Influence of changes in the world of work on quality of life’ financed
Currently only 20 company kindergartens operate in the Czech Republic. The reasons for this are primarily the high costs of establishing company kindergartens and strict government regulations (see the Czech national contribution [1] to the study on Quality of work and employment [2]). However, the