Are you aware that the amendment Act No. 245/2000 Coll. on public holidays, other public holidays, important days and days of rest (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") as implemented by Act No. 162/2013 Coll. with effect from 11.08.2013 extends the number of significant days of the Czech Republic?
According to the new the provisions of Section 4 of the Act in addition to the existing important days
- 27 January - Holocaust Remembrance and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity Day
- 8 March - International Women's Day
- 12 March - Day of Accession of the Czech Republic to the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO)
- 7 April - Education Day
- 5 May - May Uprising of the Czech People
- 15 May - Family Day
- 10 June - Extermination of Lidice
- 27 June - Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Communist Regime
- 11 November - War Veterans Day
also these days
- 16 January - Jan Palach Memorial Day
- 28 March - The Birthday of Jan Amos Comenius
Significant days are working daysThe amendment to the Act does not affect the provision of leave with wage compensation in the amount of average earnings or part of the lost wages.
For the record, according to provisions of § 1 of the Act are public holidays these days:
- 1 January - Day of the Restoration of the Independent Czech State
- 8 May - Victory Day
- 5 July - Day of the Slavic Heroes Cyril and Methodius
- 6 July - Day of the Burning of Jan Hus
- 28 September - Czech Statehood Day
- 28 October - Day of the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state
- 17 November - Day of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy is declared a public holiday of the Czech Republic
Section 2 of the Act defined by other holidays - those are:
- January 1 - New Year
- Easter Monday
- 1 May - Labour Day
- December 24 - Christmas Eve
- 25 December - 1st Christmas Day
- December 26 - 2nd Christmas Day
Public holidays and other holidays are days of rest (see the provisions of Section 3 of the Act). There is a general ban on work on these days (see the provisions of Section 91(2) of the Labour Code). However, the Labour Code allows for some necessary exceptions to this prohibition. According to the provisions of Section 91(3) and (4) of the Labour Code emergency repair work, inventory and closing work, work during natural disasters, transport work, animal feeding and care work, work in continuous operation and work necessary for guarding the employer's premises can be ordered on public holidays.
