From the next year on, no money is to be paid in the first three days of sickness. The legislation is yet to be assessed by President Vaclav Klaus. Under the rules, initiated by the government within its package of reform legislation and valid since the beginning of the year, people were to receive no sickness benefits for the first three days of illness. However, the Constitutional Court cancelled Czech President Klaus recovering from hip joint surgery ...
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Czech president thanks KDU-CSL for support, praises reforms ... the legislation as unconstitutional and now the sick are paid 60 percent of the tax base. From the fourth to the 30th day they receive 60 percent and later 72 percent of their salary. In June, the Chamber of Deputies passed the legislation under which 25 percent of the tax base should be paid during the first three days of illness. From next year, the sickness benefit will only be paid from the 15th day of the illness.
Until then, the compensation for the lost salary will be paid by the employer. Within the scheme, the employers will have their compulsory contributions cut from 3.3 to 2.3 percent. The state will return one half of the expenditures to them. After the new, restrictive rules were introduced, the expenditures on sickness benefits fell by 1.9 billion to 8.51 billion crowns (18 percent) between February and May. The number of illnesses decreased by roughly 26 percent. The number of short-term illnesses, lasting fewer than 14 days, has shrunk by 45 percent in small firms, but the average duration of illness has increased by some days. (USD1=14.614 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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