Labour minister promises to look into his employees “working holiday”

Labour and Social Affairs Minister Petr Nečas has promised to look closely into the ministry’s financing after it emerged that close to 400,000 crowns had been spent on what was alleged to be a working holiday for 35 ministry employees. The daily Mladá fronta Dnes, which broke the story on Tuesday, said that less than five hours of the week-long relaxation stay in a luxury spa hotel had been devoted to work. The “team building” holiday, as the ministry is now calling it, was covered jointly by EU funds and taxpayers money.