On 19 October, the Czech Labour Ministry presented unions and employers with proposed new salary tables covering about 858,000 public-sector employees. The intended start is 1 January 2027, but the government must still set the final tables by regulation. This is not an announcement of an already effective pay rise.
The proposal strengthens basic salary tariffs, links the lowest tariff to the minimum wage and reduces experience-related steps from 12 to 8 for most employees. Teaching staff would retain 7 steps.
The ministry’s stated aim is that total salary should not fall during the transition. Employers could, however, make a one-off adjustment to personal allowances within legal limits, so a tariff increase would not necessarily equal the increase in total pay. The proposal concerns relevant public-sector employees, not everyone working in Czechia; nationality alone does not determine its scope.
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