The Christian Democratic Party will seek to counter an increase in parental
allowance, recently passed by the Chamber of Deputies, by an appeal to the
Constitutional Court. Party Chairman Marek Výborný said that the new
legislation is discriminatory because it does not concern all families with
children up to the age of four. The appeal is currently being prepared and
will be issued once President Miloš Zeman sings the bill and it comes into
effect.
Parental leave is set to increase by CZK 80,000 in January. However,
opponents say that the legislation will stop some 70,000 families, who have
already used up their current allowance, from accessing the extra money.