Casual workers’ need for medical cert voted “Absurdity of Year”

A regulation under which casual workers have to undergo a medical examination even if they will only hold a job for one day has been voted the “Absurdity of the Year” in a poll conducted by the business daily Hospodářské noviny. If firms hire the same person for a second day’s work at a later date they are required to get a fresh doctor’s certificate. The annual survey is intended to highlight nonsensical administrative duties forced on businesses by state agencies.