The MPSV published a notice on the new decisive amount for determining the total amount of wage claims paid to one employee under Act No. 118/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Employees in the Event of the Employer’s Insolvency, by Notice No. 46/2026 Coll.
For the period from 1 May, 2026 to 30 April ,2027, the decisive amount is CZK 49,215.
The decisive amount is used to calculate the maximum amount of wage claims that may be paid to an employee by the Labour Office of the Czech Republic in the event of the employer’s insolvency.
Under the Act on the Protection of Employees in the Event of the Employer’s Insolvency, an employee may claim wage entitlements for a maximum of 3 calendar months of the relevant period. The compensation for one month must not exceed one and a half times the decisive amount.
The maximum amount of wage claims payable to one employee may therefore newly amount to up to CZK 221,467 gross (3 × 1.5 × CZK 49,215).
Read the full HR Legal Update 05/26 here.
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