Ministers promising to abolish amendment doubling overtime hours for doctors

Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Válek and Czech Labor Minister Marian Jurečka have promised to submit an amendment to the Labor Code that would abolish the recently approved increase in overtime work for doctors. The U-turn on a legislation pushed through by the ruling parties came in response to growing anger on the part of thousands of doctors who have said they are already heavily overworked and will refuse to serve any overtime if the amendment comes into effect. The amendment allows the number of overtime hours medics work per year to roughly double – up to 832 hours for doctors and 1000 hours for paramedics.