Reimbursements for compulsory vaccination of children
October 10, 2018
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Return of property seized by Communists
June 26, 2018
Nearly 30 years after the Velvet Revolution the Czech ombudsman still receives complaints regarding the return of the property confiscated by the Communist regime. In the past five years, deputy ombudsman Stanislav Krecek dealt with almost 150 of them, on average two a month.
The Czech Equality Body publishes the summary report 2017
May 16, 2018
The Equality Body of the Czech Republic – the Ombudswoman – published the summary report for the year 2017 informing about her main activities in the field of protection against discrimination.
The Czech Ombudsman Presents the New Mandate Concerning EU Citizens to EU and EEA Ambassadors
April 23, 2018
On 17 April 2018, the Ombudsman presented the new mandate in the field of protection of the rights of EU citizens to the EU and EEA Ambassadors. The meeting was held at the French embassy under the auspices of French Ambassador Roland Galharague.
Czech Ombudsman published final report on the sociological research named Work-Life Balance On Czech Ministries
April 19, 2018
The survey confirms what other both foreign and domestic surveys already showed – that satisfied employees are more effective workers and more loyal to their employers. There is apparently a relation not only between worker satisfaction and flexible work and benefits supporting work-life balance, but also between economic development and the growth of the organisation.
Ombudsman increasingly dealing with social security problems
April 17, 2018
The total number of complaints delivered in 2017 to the Ombudsman was 8,191. People increasingly turn to the Ombudsman's Office with their problems in the sphere of social security and also number of complaints concerning work and employment increased by 39 percent.
Ladies’ coupés on Czech Railways trains are all right
March 8, 2018
Ladies coupés on Czech Railways trains were introduced in 2012 after Czech Railways received a considerable number of complaints from passengers (especially women) claiming that they do not feel safe in the trains while sitting with strange men in one coupé. Inspired by the solution adopted abroad (for example in Germany or Austria), Czech Railways decided to reserve six seats (one coupé) on trains only for women.
Czech and Austrian Ombudsmen to discuss cross-border problems concerning social security benefits
February 26, 2018
Anna Šabatová, Czech Ombudswoman, and Günther Kräuter, one of three Austrian Ombudsmen, together with their colleagues from the social security departments met in Vienna on the 20th February and discussed the cross-border problems concerning the application of the EU Regulation on the Coordination of Social Security Systems in the EU Member States.
Siblings have the right to grow up together
February 12, 2018