Social security for women in pregnancy and maternity and their labor-law protection in the Czech Republic and selected European states

The birth of a child brings significant changes into a family life and especially into a life of a woman. One of the accompanying element of this time period is a decrease in family income. Therefore, if the government is interested in fighting the issue of aging population or a low birth-rate, its support and protection is absolutely essential during this period of time. This work describes current shape of the social security system and labor-law protection for women during pregnancy and maternity in the Czech Republic and introduces in detail every single social benefit that is provided by the system in case of legal foreseeing of such a social occurence. Simultaneously, it has been done a comparison of our system with the systems of selected European states