Representatives of the government, trade unions and employers agreed at a tripartite meeting on 19 October 2026 on a change in remuneration in the public and state services from January 2027. At a press conference this was announced by the Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová and the Minister of Labour Aleš Juchelka (both ANO). According to them, the tariffs in the new pay tables will rise for most employees and fall for none.[1]

The lowest tariff in the tables is to correspond to the minimum wage, which will be 24,900 crowns in 2027. Further amounts are to be graded by expertise and responsibility by at least four percent. Increases are to come every five years, so that eight pay grades will remain instead of twelve. Experience longer than 35 years will also be taken into account; until now at most 32 years are counted. Employers will be able to move a personal supplement into the new tariff in 2027.[1]

According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, about 585,000 people work in the public sector. Schillerová said that almost 34 billion crowns are to go to the adjustment of tariffs in 2027, on average about 4,000 crowns per worker. Further expenses will be borne by regions and municipalities; nobody has yet quantified them. The governor of the Zlín Region, Radim Holiš (ANO), mentioned that the regions are to receive five percent more money from the state for delegated powers. The president of the Confederation of Employers' and Entrepreneurs' Associations, Jiří Horecký, estimated that the increase in 2027 will range from roughly zero to 9,000 crowns. From 2028, pay growth in this sector should, in his view, follow the growth of the minimum wage.[1]

The changes in remuneration are governed by a proposed amendment to the Labour Code. According to Juchelka, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is to debate it on 20 October 2026, and the government is to approve the decree with the exact tariff amounts in December. The new tables do not apply to teachers; an increase for them is to be negotiated with the education trade unions. Schillerová said that talks on the tariffs of nurses and doctors have not been concluded either.[1]

Chronology

  • — At a tripartite meeting on 19 October 2026, representatives of the government, trade unions and employers agreed on a change in pay in public and state services from January 2027; the lowest tariff in the new tables is to correspond to the minimum wage, which will be 24,900 crowns. ČTK / České noviny

Sources

  1. ČTK / České noviny — 19 October 2026