Abstract
Investigating labour market and employment issues against the backdrop of a multiple change is the topic of this chapter. It looks at the ‘balancing’ between national and international/global factors of economic development going hand in hand with the sectoral shift away from heavy industries—opportunities and threats of developments are investigated.
This paper has been financially supported by University of Ostrava, Development Project (IRP) No. 201819 Social and Cultural Mechanisms of In- and Exclusion: a Comparative Perspective.
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The peaceful and non-violent “divorce” of the Czech and the Slovakian parts of the state is dated 1 January 1993. Ever since then, the countries have been developing independent of each other. They both gained EU-membership in 2004, but while Slovakia started to use euro in 2009, the Czech Republic has retained its currency—the Czech crown (CZK).
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The list of companies was provided by CzechInvest, office branch Ostrava.
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The definition of this section was made according to “CZ-nace”, and the scope covers the mechanical, physical or chemical processing of materials or components into new products. Materials and raw materials used in the processing industry include agricultural and forestry products, products from the fishing industry, coal mining, quarries and sand pits. Further processing of other manufacturing activities can also be included; important is a fundamental change, renewal or reconstruction of products. For the definition, see: http://www.nace.cz/nace/c-zpracovatelsky-prumysl. last accessed: 22 April 2018, only available in Czech.
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The retirement age is gradually rising from 60 years for men and 57 years for women up to 65 years (for people born in 1965 and after) for both sexes. Employees have pension rights if they have paid at least 35 years into the state pension fund.
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The categorization of the professions was made according to the national classification of professions „CZ-ISCO“ from 2011. The professions are divided into ten main categories which demand different qualifications. The main category ISCO-2 specialists includes employment whose main purpose is to carry out analyses and research, creating concepts, theories and operational methods, consulting in a given area or using existing ones knowledge in the fields of physical sciences, mathematics, IT, engineering and technology, in biological sciences and related fields, in medical and health services and in social and humanities science. For more information see: CZ-ISCO, https://www.esfcr.cz/documents/21802/3435234/Metodika+za%C5%99azov%C3%A1n%C3%AD+zam%C4%9Bstn%C3%A1n%C3%AD+do+CZ-ISCO+pro+%C3%BA%C4%8Dely+statistiky+trhu+pr%C3%A1ce.pdf/ec5f1d77-e25c-4bb5-94e3-e87c7938d58e?t=1492761772323; 23/07/18, last accessed: 08. December 2018.
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In February 2018, the unemployment rate was 2.4%, which is the lowest value in the history of the Czech Republic (since 1993).
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A full time job is 40 h/week.
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For comparison with European numbers, see: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Employment_statistics#Parttime_work. Last accessed: 28 April 2018.
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For more detail, see: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Wages_and_labour_costs; last accessed: 28 April 2018.
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Hirschler, N.H. (2020). The Czech Republic—a Case Study. In: Bobkov, V., Herrmann, P. (eds) Digitisation and Precarisation. Prekarisierung und soziale Entkopplung – transdisziplinäre Studien. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-26384-3_8
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