Judges’ association backs pay settlement with state

One of the biggest professional organisations representing judges has given broad backing to a proposed pay settlement with the government. The union of judges, which represents around half of Czech judges, said on Thursday that it would support a deal over back pay with the government. Under the deal the state will find around 1.2 billion crowns to partially compensate judges for insufficient pay over three years. But representatives of the organization stressed that it was really up to judges themselves whether to accept the offer or fight on. The settlement became necessary when a court rules in favour of protesting judges that the wrong calculations had been used to set their pay in the past.

Author: Chris Johnstone