Acta academica karviniensia 2014, 14(2):5-13 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2014.023

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA

Barbora Antonová¹, Žaneta Rylková²

¹ Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Email: antonova@opf.slu.cz

² Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, E-mail: rylkova@opf.slu.cz

The paper discusses the standard, common employee benefit provided in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, analysing their popularity with employees and employers and stating which benefits were withdrawn within last years. The aim of the paper is to compare benefits that are provided in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic and at the same time confront the information gained from primary and secondary research in reference period of 2009 - 2011. In addition, the paper analyses the data obtained from primary research, which was carried out in 2012, allowing to generate a reference pool of 146 companies throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on the primary and secondary research, the article contributes to understanding the commercial activities of businesses in terms of employee benefits.

Keywords: benefits, remuneration of employees, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic

JEL classification: D22, D29, J32

Received: April 2, 2013; Accepted: June 16, 2014; Published: June 30, 2014  Show citation