Firms to face punishment for illegal foreign workers

Companies in the Czech Republic that illegally employ foreigners will be fined up to five million crowns and will lose the right to public orders and state subsidies, under an amendment to the law approved by the Senate on Friday. The amendment aims to bring Czech law in line with EU directives. It obliges companies to report signing on foreigners from non-EU countries and to keep copies of the employees’ documents proving their legal workforce status. The bill is yet to be signed into law by the president.