Employment policy
The overarching goal in the Employment policy area is to support flexible participation of the population in the labour market, including disadvantaged groups, to ensure opportunities to upgrade skills, and to provide effective support in unemployment.
More about the area
This expenditure area is administered solely by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
- State budget expenditure 2027
- CZK 35.3 bn draft state budget
- Share of state budget
- 1.4%
- Year-on-year change
- −7.7%
State budget expenditure 2027 (draft): CZK 35.3 bn.
Topics and performance indicators
- Unemployment benefits: CZK 18.2 bn
Goal: Shorten the average duration of unemployment. Reduce the number of long-term unemployed.
- Average duration of completed unemployment spells (days)
- Share of persons unemployed for more than 1 year (%)
- Employment of persons with disabilities: CZK 14.6 bn
Goal: Increase the number of employers employing persons with disabilities. Increase the labour market participation of persons receiving a disability pension.
- Firms meeting the quota through direct employment (%)
- Share of disability pensioners in work (%)
- Active labour market policy: CZK 2.5 bn
Goal: Support greater employability of women in the labour market. Support the employability of persons over 50 in the labour market.
- Employment rate of women with a child under 6 (%)
- Share of persons over 50 enrolled in retraining (%)
State budget areas
- Social security
- Education
- Healthcare
- Defence
- Transport
- Security and public order
- Industry
- Agriculture and forestry
- Legal protection
- Employment policy
- Culture, sport, churches and leisure activities
- Local development
- Environment
- Basic and applied research
- Other public services
- Special chapters and elections
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