Analýza systému nemocenského pojištění v ČR v letech 2008-2020 s důrazem na dopady zrušení karenční doby

The diploma thesis deals with the sickness insurance system in the Czech Republic in the time period 2008–2020. One of the aims of the thesis is to describe the most important changes in the system parameters in the period under review and evaluate the impact of these legislative changes on the development of revenues and costs of the system and also on basic indicators of temporary incapacity for work, such as the number of completed cases of temporary incapacity for work and their duration. The analysis of publicly available data shows that changes in the development of temporary incapacity for work were mostly preceded by legislative changes of the system. Another research method used is a questionnaire survey, which was conducted among employers and employees, focusing in more detail on the abolition of the waiting period in July 2019. After the abolition of the waiting period, short-term morbidity increased more often in larger companies, but it was not found that employers compensated for increased costs of wage compensation by canceling employee benefits. It was also confirmed that before the abolition of the waiting period, employees often went to work sick or took leave to be cured. The results of the survey are the main added value of the diploma thesis, as they succeeded in confirming or refuting the most discussed effects of the abolition of the waiting period.