The Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed an amendment to the
employment law prohibiting what is called the Schwarz System, where
companies employ people with trade licenses to do work that regular
staff members are capable of doing. The amendment is to help define
illegal outsourcing more clearly. President Klaus also signed a bill
into law on Thursday that provides compensation to victims of the 1968
Soviet-led occupation of Czechoslovakia. Depending on how badly they
were affected, victims or their surviving relatives will receive
between 30,000 and 150,000 crowns (1,300-6,300 US dollars) from the
state.