The foreign Researcher's Guide to - EURAXESS Czech Republic

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Advice Geography for Living in the Czech Republic – Employment The total area of 78,886 km2 Profitable activities conducted is comparable by a foreign to national that of Austria in the Czech or Ireland Republic and com- may take prises two 2 percent forms: the of the foreign area national of the European may either Union. be employed by a legal entity or by a person, or he/she may do business in the Czech Republic (see Doing Business in the Czech Republic). Foreign nationals who are holders of permanent The Czech Republic does not have access to any sea, but residency permits, asylum seekers, EU citizens, its rivers Labe members (Elbe, 358,3 of km), their Vltava families, (433 km), Morava and (284 km), Dyje (Thaya, 306 km), Odra (Oder, 136 km) carry other eligible persons (see below) are not required to apply for a work permit in their waters into the North: Baltic and Black seas. the Czech Republic. Most job vacancies can be found through the Job Centres of the Labour Office. Employers are obliged to report any open positions. Job seekers can come to Job Centres with the assistance of agents. Job vacancies can also be found through the information system EURES, European portal of working mobility, which offers easy access to information on job vacancies and educational opportunities within the European Union. Essential information and available positions in the Czech research area can be found at http://www.euraxess.cz -The Researcher’s Mobility Portal of the Czech Republic. Mountain ranges surround the country on almost all sides and have served as a natural border in past. The Bohemian The Massif list is of the main easternmost Czech web extension portals: of the Hercynian Platform. http://www.hotjobs.cz/ It includes mountain ranges of Šumava, Český les, Krušné http://www.jobs.cz/ hory, Krkonoše, http://www.prace.cz/ Orlické hory, and Jeseníky. The Beskydy http://www.jobmaster.cz/ Mountains lie in the eastern part of the country. http:/www.joblist.cz/ The http:/www.qjobs.cz/ highest point of elevation is the peak of Mt. Sněžka (1602 http://www.volna-mista.cz/ m above sea level) and the lowest point is near Hřensko http://www.inzerce.idnes.cz where the River Labe leaves the Czech territory (117 http://www.cvonline.cz m under sea level) http://www.ejob.cz Climate http://online.idg.cz/computerworld/kariera/ The http://www.prilezitosti.cz Czech Republic as a landlocked country has moderate climate with four seasons corresponding to the temperate climate zone, which is characterized by cool summers and Salaries Employees carrying out the same work or work of the same value are entitled to the same salary, and the salary conditions must be equal for men and women. cold, cloudy and humid winters. The climate varies markedly among the various regions of the Czech Republic, and throughout year. The average temperature in January, the coldest winter month is – 5 degrees Centigrade. The summer weather can be very warm with temperatures around +23 degrees Centigrade in July. A nice time of the year to visit the Czech republic is spring (mid-May to mid-June) and fall (September to mid-October) when the weather can be quite pleasant, although it can also be unpredictable. The best chance of warm and dry summer weather is from mid-July to mid-August. Average Time salary In GTM 2007, + 1, the as in average Western gross Europe. salary Daylight of Czech Saving employees starts was last nearly Sunday CZK in March 21.692. and Employees ends last in Sunday technical in October. fields and financial business have the highest salaries; workers in the textile Nature industries have the lowest. Detailed statistics show that two Nature thirds in the of employees Czech Republic don’t and reach its the forests average and mountains salary. were inhabited and cultivated since the ancient times. In Minimum spite of it salary there are still beautiful untouched, wild places, An unique employer for their is obliged scenery to pay and at formations. least the minimum In these salary areas to animals an employee roam freely, for his/her including work: the CZK wildcat, 48.10 the for lynx, each the hour big of bustard the employee’s and the grouse. work, CZK 7,955 per month payable to employees Administration remunerated on a monthly basis. Working The Czech hours Republic is divided into 14 local administrati- Under ve units the (the Labour capital Code, city of weekly Prague working are being hours one of may them), not exceed controlled 40 hours by regional (i.e. 42.5 administrations. hours, including mandatory half- -hour lunch breaks, which cannot be provided at the beginning The largest or end of cities working besides hours). Prague are Plzeň, Brno, Liberec and Ostrava. 70 71
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Page 17 and 18: 30 Research and development The R&D
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