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Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Czechia

Czechia: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 1.44 0-6 scale in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
1.44 0-6 scale
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
25th
of 41 countries
All-time high
1.44 0-6 scale
in 2012
All-time low
0.5 0-6 scale
in 1993
Years of data
33
1993–2025

Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Czechia, 1993–2025

0.40.60.811.21.41993200920251993: 0.5 0-6 scale1994: 0.5 0-6 scale1995: 0.5 0-6 scale1996: 0.5 0-6 scale1997: 0.5 0-6 scale1998: 0.5 0-6 scale1999: 0.5 0-6 scale2000: 0.5 0-6 scale2001: 0.5 0-6 scale2002: 0.5 0-6 scale2003: 0.5 0-6 scale2004: 0.5 0-6 scale2005: 1.1 0-6 scale2006: 1.1 0-6 scale2007: 1.1 0-6 scale2008: 1.1 0-6 scale2009: 1.1 0-6 scale2010: 1.3 0-6 scale2011: 1.3 0-6 scale2012: 1.4 0-6 scale2013: 1.4 0-6 scale2014: 1.4 0-6 scale2015: 1.4 0-6 scale2016: 1.4 0-6 scale2017: 1.4 0-6 scale2018: 1.4 0-6 scale2019: 1.4 0-6 scale2020: 1.4 0-6 scale2021: 1.4 0-6 scale2022: 1.4 0-6 scale2023: 1.4 0-6 scale2024: 1.4 0-6 scale2025: 1.4 0-6 scale

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.

Analysis

In 2025, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Czechia stood at 1.44 0-6 scale. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Czechia peaked at 1.44 0-6 scale in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5 0-6 scale, in 1993.

Czechia ranks 25th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Czechia, year by year

Year 0-6 scale Change
1993 0.5 0-6 scale —
1994 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
1995 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
1996 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
1997 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
1998 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
1999 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
2000 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
2001 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
2002 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
2003 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
2004 0.5 0-6 scale +0.0%
2005 1.12 0-6 scale +125.0%
2006 1.12 0-6 scale +0.0%
2007 1.12 0-6 scale +0.0%
2008 1.12 0-6 scale +0.0%
2009 1.12 0-6 scale +0.0%
2010 1.31 0-6 scale +16.7%
2011 1.31 0-6 scale +0.0%
2012 1.44 0-6 scale +9.5%
2013 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2014 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2015 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2016 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2017 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2018 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2019 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2020 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2021 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2022 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2023 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2024 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%
2025 1.44 0-6 scale +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5 0-6 scale 0.5 0-6 scale 0.5 0-6 scale 7
2000s 0.8125 0-6 scale 0.5 0-6 scale 1.12 0-6 scale 10
2010s 1.41 0-6 scale 1.31 0-6 scale 1.44 0-6 scale 10
2020s 1.44 0-6 scale 1.44 0-6 scale 1.44 0-6 scale 6

Countries ranked near Czechia

  1. 22 Denmark 1.62 0-6 scale compare
  2. 22 Argentina 1.62 0-6 scale compare
  3. 24 Finland 1.56 0-6 scale compare
  4. 26 Austria 1.31 0-6 scale compare
  5. 27 Hungary 1.25 0-6 scale compare
  6. 27 Switzerland 1.25 0-6 scale compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Czechia?
Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Czechia was 1.44 0-6 scale in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Czechia?
The highest recorded value was 1.44 0-6 scale in 2012.
What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Czechia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5 0-6 scale in 1993.
How does Czechia rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
Czechia ranks 25th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Czechia?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Czechia data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Unit
0-6 scale
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
50 places, 1,336 data points, 1985–2025
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The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts. For each year, indicators refer to regulation in force on the 1st of January. For more information and full methodology, see OECD Indicators of Employment Protection webpage Last data update: May 2022 OECD statistics contact: ELS.Contact@oecd.org