Czech Republic - negotiating your pay and benefits?

Official languages: Czech
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Negotiating your pay and benefits

If you want to negotiate pay, you need to have salary/wage awareness, as rates can dif­fer from branch to branch and place to place. There is a better chance of negotiating pay with private and smaller employers. In large companies, public or state administrations or budget-dependent institutions, salary scales are generally fixed. Remuneration is expressed in hourly or monthly terms, rarely in annual fig­ures - except for top management positions.

Rules for paid holidays are set out in the labour code but can be modified by agree­ment between the employer and trade unions. In some cases, annual bonuses and conditions can be negotiated, mostly where managers' contracts are involved.

Other benefits may be offered as a perk, e.g. discounts on company products, meal vouch­ers, vouchers for theatres, swimming pools, money-off vouchers and holiday allow­ances. There is room to negotiate between the employer and the trade union of the company.

last modification: 2014-09-01 14:21:50
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