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Work & Life
98 articles43 guides · 51 explainers · 3 lists · 1 FAQUpdated 13 Oct 2026
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Newest first- Explainer6 min
Czech language requirements: which level, for which status, and when
A work permit asks for no Czech. Permanent residence asks for A2, citizenship for B1. A status-by-status map of what the law demands, and where it has moved.
- Guide6 min
Czech long-term residence permit: the route from purpose to card
The Ministry grants permits for purposes, not people. How the application runs, which documents stall it and what you must do the week the card arrives.
- Explainer6 min
Czech maternity and parental benefits: two systems, two claims
One benefit depends on your insurance record, the other on where you and your child live. Knowing which is which decides what you claim and where.
- Explainer6 min
Czech notice periods and the five ways an employment can end
Since June 2025 the two-month notice clock starts the day the letter arrives, not on the first of next month. What else has changed, and what has not.
- Explainer5 min
Czech nurseries and kindergartens: scarce under threes, a free final year
A kindergarten place from age three is a near-universal expectation; a nursery place for a toddler is not. How admission works and where the gaps are filled.
- Explainer6 min
Czech pensions for expats: what your years here add up to
A few years in Prague can build a small state pension, count towards a pension elsewhere, or neither. How the layers work and what to check now.
- Explainer6 min
Czech post and parcels: the notice slip, pick-up points and the 10-day rule
A missed registered letter can start a legal clock without you. How Česká pošta, lockers and pick-up points work, and what the notice in your mailbox means.
- Guide5 min
Czech public services online: the citizen portal and how to get in
The Czech state wants you to deal with it by screen, but the front door needs a key. What the citizen portal offers and which login works for a newcomer.
- Explainer5 min
Czech regulated professions: where a foreign qualification is not enough
A doctor, a teacher and an architect all need a licence to practise, and a degree from abroad does not carry one. How the Czech system sorts the professions.
- Guide6 min
Czech residence permit for self-employed people: from trade licence to stay
A non-EU freelancer needs a trade for the permit and a permit for the trade. How the trade office's confirmation breaks the loop, and what health cover to buy.
- Explainer5 min
Czech salary terms: gross, net, super-gross and what job adverts mean
The super-gross wage vanished in 2021 but still haunts job adverts and old articles. A guide to the words in Czech pay, and the invoice trap behind some offers.
- Explainer5 min
Czech school year and holidays: how the calendar is built
Schools close for two months, spring break moves from district to district, and most employees get four weeks of leave. How the Czech calendar is built.
- Explainer6 min
Czech sick pay: what the employer pays first and the state pays after
Czech sick pay starts on day one but is never a full wage. How the employer's two weeks, the state benefit and the doctor's e-certificate fit together.
- Explainer6 min
Czech social security: what comes off your pay and what it buys
Tax, health and social insurance go to three different bodies. Social insurance decides your state pension and your sick pay, and freelancers must opt in.
- List5 min
Czech traffic rules that catch out drivers from abroad
Zero alcohol, headlights at noon, trams that outrank you and a priority rule your home country may have dropped. The rules that cost newcomers fines.
- Explainer6 min
Czech visa types, sorted by purpose and how long you stay
"Visa" can mean a tourist stamp, a work permit or the card in your wallet. Czechia sorts them by purpose and length of stay, and the order is easy to learn.
- Explainer5 min
Czech waste sorting: the coloured bins, bulky waste and what goes where
Yellow for plastic, blue for paper, green for glass, but your street may add more. The system behind the bins, and what to do with an old sofa.
- Explainer6 min
Czech working hours, overtime and holidays: what the law guarantees
A 40-hour week, mandatory rest between shifts, four weeks of leave and 13 public holidays. What the Labour Code sets, and where your contract may do better.
- Explainer6 min
Czechia as a place to live: what the evidence says and where it pinches
Safe, central and well supplied with public services, but pay, housing and paperwork pull in different directions. Where to find the data, without the rankings.
- Explainer5 min
Digital nomads in Czechia: there is no nomad visa, but there is a route
Czechia's digital nomad programme for selected nationalities runs through ordinary permits, not a special visa. What it allows, and the freelance route.
- Explainer5 min
Employee card or Blue Card? How Czechia ties work to residence
Czechia gives non-EU workers one card that covers living and working, but only for a named job. Which version fits, and what happens when you change employer.
- Guide5 min
Enrolling a child in a Czech school: the April ritual and the papers
Czech first-grade places are claimed in one spring window, but a child arriving mid-year can still get in. What to bring, whom to ask and what help exists.
- Guide6 min
EU citizens in Czechia: which registrations are required, which not
You need no residence permit, yet three different things are called registration. Which is a duty, which a convenience, and which only sounds permanent.
- Guide5 min
Exchanging a foreign driving licence in Czechia: who swaps, who retests
An EU licence keeps working here; a licence from beyond the EU may not. Where you stand depends on the country on the card, not on how well you drive.