Document 258 - Written interpellation by Irena Ferčíková Konečná to Alena Schillerová concerning the risks of the proposed Platform Work Act and its impacts on public budgets and the labour market

Scope: Section 112; pages 1–8.

This is a written interpellation regarding the proposed Platform Work Act and the response from the Minister of Finance. The representative warns that the proposed change to the definition of dependent work could effectively facilitate the circumvention of labor law, expand the “Švarc system,” and cause significant shortfalls in tax and insurance contributions, as well as future pressure on the pension system. The Minister, on the other hand, states that the proposal is still in the comment period, its final impacts cannot yet be assessed, and the Ministry of Finance has already raised fundamental objections to it. The response also mentions the need to address the trend toward flexible forms of work, including through pension savings reform and consideration of a hybrid regime between self-employment and salaried employment.