Beneficial vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis still available in 2024

The Faculty of Medicine continues to offer its employees the opportunity to vaccinate against tick-borne encephalitis free of charge. Employees with a contract of employment, regardless of the amount of time they work, can take advantage of this offer. The requirement is tribal affiliation with the Faculty of Medicine.

Kindergarten/Children's group allowance

Since January 2024, the tax rebate for placing a child in a preschool institution (the so-called nursery fee) has been cancelled. However, MU employees can use the kindergarten or playgroup allowance starting September 2023. The allowance is 2% of the tariff wage and can be used by employees who do not draw a pension contribution. For more information, please contact your personnel assistants.

Children's groups and kindergartens

FM MU employees can continue to use the services of Children´s group Elánek. There is also a new possibility to use the children's group KinderGarten, which accepts children from 12 months and has a branch right next to the Bohunice campus. The opening hours of the preschool are 7 am - 5 pm.

Children's group KinderGarten Brno Campus
Netroufalky 5, Brno, 62500
Phone: 736 766 164
E-mail: brno@kindergarten.cz

Newly established employee contribution to sickness insurance

Since January, employees have been paying higher contributions on their wages. The social security contribution has increased by 0.6% for sickness insurance and now amounts to 7.1% of the assessment base (gross wages). The health insurance contribution remains unchanged (4.5% of the assessment base).

Cancellation of tax rebates and exemptions

1. The tax credit for students, i.e. for self-study, which was used by working students up to the age of 26 or up to the age of 28 for full-time doctoral studies, has ended.
2. The conditions for claiming the spouse tax credit have also changed. As these conditions only apply to the 2024 tax year, the change will only be reflected in the 2024 tax return (annual tax return). It will now only be possible to claim the tax credit if the spouse cares for a child under the age of 3.
   
   • The tax credit amount remains unchanged, and it will still be CZK 24,840 (double for disabled - PWD/P persons).
   • The income limit is also unchanged, remaining at CZK 68,000 per year.
3. The tax deduction for contributions to trade unions has also been abolished.

External workers with a contract of employment ("DPP") or a contract of employment (" DPČ") will be entitled to holiday pay from January 2024 if the following conditions are met:

• the duration of the agreement is at least 4 weeks (28 days)
• at least 80 hours of work.

The practical implementation of the use of leave at MU is under preparation and will be implemented electronically in INET, we will inform you about the launch.

From 1 July 2024 there is an approved legislative change to the limits for premium deductions for the DPP. Unfortunately at this time it is unclear whether the approved change will actually come into effect, we will keep you updated on any progress.

The new Head of the Dean's Office Secretariat is Ing. Klára Drápalová; the previous Head, Ing. Eva Veselá, has moved to the position of the Office Manager for the Centre of Excellence CREATIC.

Since February, the Finance Office has been headed by Ing. Jitka Lerchová; the previous Head, Mgr. Ing. Marta Tesařová, has moved to the position of Accounting Methodologist in the newly established Faculty Bursar Office. The Finance Office was further strengthened by adding an accountant, Bc. Lenku Myslínovou and bookkeeper Bc. Ivanu Pacholovou. A significant change is establishing the Project Accounting Office under the Finance Office, where two colleagues from the Grant Office, Ing. Bohumila Linhartová and Ing. Eva Vrábelová. This partly changes the circulation of accounting documents - the secretaries of the individual departments were informed in detail about the changes.

The Office for Public Procurement has been strengthened by two new public tender managers, Mgr. Rostislava Gnidu and Mgr. Janu Sadílkovou.

Supervision of the relocation and coordination of construction works is provided by the coordinator, Ing. Jan Slezák, from the Faculty Bursar Office. There was also incorporated Bc. Edita Uherková, who takes care of the OHS and FS at the faculty.

We welcome our new colleagues to the faculty, look forward to our cooperation and wish them many successes in their work.

Communication in crisis at MUNI

All employees and students of Masaryk University received an email in January with information about the future early warning system. At the same time, they were asked to update their phone number in the IS (students) and Inet (employees) platforms with the nature of the emergency contact to which they will be sent an SMS in case of an emergency.

Weekly news summaries

We are launching several news items to ensure that all important information and events reach you as soon as possible. Since January, employees and students have received a weekly overview of events in their email inbox, published in the events calendar on the Faculty's website.

In March, we will also launch a regular weekly distribution of the latest news and updates posted on the Employee Portal. Employees can customize the news feed according to their preferences and needs in the Portal settings.

Let's get involved MUNI cleans up "to 105"

MUNI HELPS and MjUNI are joining forces to make a part of Brno a little bit nicer. This year, we will join the nationwide Clean Up the Czech Republic event.

We will meet on April 6, 2024 at 1.30 pm in the Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Education (Vinohrady 100, 63900) and we will clean up the area around the University Campus in Bohunice. Afterwards, we will have an informal meeting in the garden, where we will roast some sausages for a reward. Make a note of the date and keep an eye on the website and social media for more information or do your own clean-up in your area!

Keep up-to-date with training opportunities

Latest development and training offers on the Employee Portal.

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Employee Portal tips

Have access to important information, tools and systems:

• How to access and set up the Portal.
• Keep track of events across the university using the Calendar app.
• An overview of all the apps and how to set them up is provided here.