The Impact of Minimum Wage Changes on Management in the Czech Republic

• Authors: Natalie Uhrová , Petr Skalka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The extent of social security contributions paid by both employers and employees in the Czech Republic is considered one of the biggest problems of the Czech economy. At the same time, the minimum wage in the Czech Republic has been repeatedly changed in recent years and even months, and thus the aim of this paper is to identify and discuss possible consequent changes in managerial decisions in Czech firms that could be examined in further analyses. We suggest the hypothesis that Czech firms are lowering their costs via the substitution of employment agreements for employment contracts in order to avoid social security contributions paid by the employer.

Keywords

EN

Social Security Contribution; Minimum Wage; Employment Agreement

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: DANUBE: Law and Economics Review
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 183-189

Dates

published

2016-09-01

online

2016-10-20

Contributors

author

Natalie Uhrová

• University of Economics in Ostrava, Mojmírovcu 42, 70900 Ostrava, Czech Republic

author

Petr Skalka

• University of Economics in Ostrava, Mojmírovcu 42, 70900 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/danb-2016-0012