Labour minister to double number of social service inspectors

The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry is to double the number of social service inspectors in the Czech Republic, Minister Petr Šimerka said on Thursday. The number of inspectors currently monitoring the standards of social services in the Czech Republic is ‘absolutely insufficient’ said Mr Šimerka, though he refused to say how many such inspectors were currently being employed. According to the minister, due to understaffing, it is practically impossible for social service inspectors to do their job properly at the moment. An amendment to the law on social services, which will come into effect on August 1, outsources more of the monitoring of social services to regional councils around the Czech Republic.