The amendment to the Employment Act, approved at the beginning of December 2023, introduces several important innovations in the field of employment. This article focuses on the posting of workers and summarises the key changes brought about by the amendment.

Agreements on work outside the employment relationship are popular in the Czech legal environment both among employers and among employees. However, a recent amendment to the Labor Code has brought a number of changes to the cooperation with workers under such agreements which employers ought to adequately reflect.

CTP, Europe’s largest listed developer, owner, and manager of industrial and logistics properties by gross lettable area (GLA), has completed the construction of the largest photovoltaic project in the Czech Republic to date. CTP has by installed two photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 8.1 MWp on 115,000 sqm of rooftops in one of Europe’s most successful business parks, CTPark Bor in the Pilsen region. This project has been funded through CTP’s CZK 230 million investment to support the energy transition to net zero in the Czech Republic.

In March this year, Passerinvest Group opened the Roztyly Plaza office building, which, in addition to office spaces, features 1,600 m² of retail space on the ground floor, along with nearly 700 m² dedicated to a canteen with a café. All the retail units located on the ground floor of the seven-storey building are now fully leased. Tenants, local residents, commuters transferring between the metro and buses, and visitors to Prague’s Roztyly can now enjoy coffee, desserts, or hearty meals and specialities at the modern canteen and café run by Filip Sajler’s Perfect Canteen. Not only for those travelling longer distances, there is a specialised EcoFlow shop, the market leader in eco-friendly energy systems, offering portable energy sources, portable solar panels, portable wireless air conditioners, 3-in-1 travel fridges, and more. Health services are provided by a pharmacy located next to the main entrance and a modern fitness centre covering almost 1,200 m². Financial well-being is catered to by a financial consultancy centre.

The transactional team of the Prague law firm Eversheds Sutherland advised SILON s.r.o. on the acquisition of the recycling company PESL spol. s r.o. SILON s.r.o. is a major company in the field of compounding founded in 1950 and operates two production plants in the Czech Republic and the USA. The acquired company PESL spol. s r.o. with a 30-year history is transferred to the SILON Group with all assets including employees and technology. The company will now operate under the name SILON CZ Recycling s.r.o. and will continue to provide recycling services to customers.

IP rights have become an increasingly important asset not only for R&D and technology based companies but also for consumer product manufacturers and life sciences companies, for example, as well as many other types of business of varying size.