Payment of health insurance

No, a natural person who has an agreement to perform work cannot be included in the register of job applicants, regardless of the amount of the monthly remuneration.

If a natural person granted temporary protection and with a closed DPP wants to be kept in the register of job applicants, he must first agree with the employer to end the DPP. After the DPP expires, he can apply to the workplace of the employment office in his place of residence.

You can visit the Labour Office during office hours from Monday to Thursday.

Monday and Wednesday from 8.00 to 12.00 p.m., 13.00 until 5 p.m. 
Tuesday and Thursday from 8.00 to 11.00 a.m.

In Friday from 8.00 to 11.00 a.m.is the Labor office open only for new registration of job applicants and for submitting applications for extraordinary immediate assistance.

Here you will find contacts at individual workplaces of the Labor Office of the Czech Republic.

Yes, it can, but it has certain conditions.

A person registered in the register of job applicants can earn extra money during the registration process employment relationship, service relationship and agreements on work activities – but only up to half the minimum wage! Monthly earnings or remuneration may not exceed half of the minimum wage, i.e. 9 450 CZK (gross). In the case of multiple activities, earnings and rewards are added together for the purpose of fulfilling this condition. 

The job seeker must report the performance of this activity, regardless of the amount of earnings or remuneration when applying for employment mediation (register of job applicants) or at the latest on the day of starting to perform this activity. Within the period determined by the Labor office, the job applicant must provide proof of monthly earnings (remuneration). Monthly earnings, remuneration is confirmed to job applicants by the employer at form Confirmation of performance of activity (non-conflicting employment).

This additional income must not prevent the applicant from fulfilling the obligations arising from his management in the register of job applicants (providing cooperation to the employment office, accepting job offers, participating in activities and programs.

You can't earn extra money on an agreement to carry out work! Closing the DPP is the reason for the termination of management in the register of job applicants.

The restrictions also apply to the payment of unemployment benefits. If, during the registration of job seekers, a job seeker enters into an employment relationship, service relationship or temporary employment with monthly earnings, remuneration not exceeding half of the minimum wage, and thus can continue to be kept in this registration, and at the same time has been granted unemployment benefit, the payment of this benefit will be suspended for the entire duration of the employment (service) relationship, temporary employment. The continuation of the unemployment benefit payment will take place at the end of the employment contract, permanent employment contract, temporary employment contract.

Yes, to report the category of payer, the insured may be represented by another person who proves to be a power of attorney for the given act. The power of attorney does not need to be officially verified.

You don't have to. The insurance premium is paid by the state for entire calendar months, and in case of registration at the Labor office during the month, the insured does not have to pay a proportional part of the insurance premium.

The employer pays the insurance premium for his employees, while ⅓ is deducted from the employee's salary and ⅔ of the insurance premium is paid by the employer.

If the income does not reach the minimum wage (CZK 18,900), the employee must pay the insurance premium up to the amount corresponding to the minimum wage.

The employer does not pay insurance premiums for persons who work for him on the basis of an agreement on the performance of work with an income of up to CZK 10,000 or on the basis of an agreement on work activities with an income of up to CZK 3,500.

If neither the state nor the employer pays the insurance premium for the insured person, he must pay the insurance premium himself at the health insurance company:

a) either as a self-employed person - the minimum deposit is CZK 2,968

b) or as a person without taxable income - the minimum premium is CZK 2,552.

A natural person with a permanent employment contract may become a jobseeker only on condition that his gross monthly remuneration from this activity does not exceed half of the minimum wage (CZK 9 450 gross for 2024). This activity (so-called non-colluding employment) must be reported to the Labour Office of the Czech Republic immediately upon submission of the applications for employment mediation – is filled in in part I. letter J, point 1. of this request.

The Labour Office needs to be provided with a work agreement (the Labour Office will make a copy of the work agreement). Every month, the job seeker is obliged to provide proof of the monthly remuneration by a deadline set by the Labour Office. The jobseeker must keep track of the amount of the monthly remuneration, which must not exceed the specified amount.

If a natural person has already concluded a temporary employment contract at the time of submitting an application for job placement, i.e. when registering in the register of job seekers, he/she will not be granted unemployment benefit.

The validity of the public health insurance card received on the basis of a temporary protection visa is the same as the period for which you were granted a temporary protection visa. Therefore, it is not necessary to apply for a replacement card, and health care providers will treat you based on its presentation.

However after 150 days from the granting of a temporary protection visa to you the state stops automatically paying health insurance. You have an obligation contact your health insurance company and document how the health insurance will be paid for you, whether you still fall into the category of the so-called state insured. Health insurance is paid by the state, for example, for people who are registered with the Labor Office of the Czech Republic, take care of a dependent child under the age of 7 all day, or by two or more children under the age of 15, studying at a secondary/university school, etc. However, the employer can also pay for the health insurance on behalf of the insured, on the basis of an employment contract, an agreement to perform work with an income of more than CZK 10,000, or on the basis of an agreement about employment with income from CZK 3,500.

If the insurance is not paid for by the employer and you do not provide the health insurance company with a confirmation that you are a state insured person, you must pay for the health insurance yourself.

If you started your own business after coming from Ukraine to the Czech Republic, you need to provide the health insurance company with a trade license and proof of registration with the tax office and start paying monthly health insurance premiums of CZK 2,968 yourself.

In case you do not fall into any of the above categories (state insured, employee, self-employed), after 150 days have passed since the temporary protection visa was granted, you will be reassigned to a category OBZP (Person without taxable income) when you have the obligation to pay the minimum advance payment for health insurance, which for 2024 is CZK 2,552 per month. Failure to fulfill this obligation and subsequent non-payment of health insurance results in a debt to the health insurance company, which can end in execution in extreme cases.