Benefits from Social Fund
This allowance is available to employees who have been continuously employed at TBU for at least 1 year and whose total working hours amount to 1.0 of the standard weekly working hours (i.e., the sum of working hours from all employment relationships). The allowance amounts to 700 CZK per month. For more information—such as exceptions or the application process—please refer to the guidelines listed below:
Contribution Amount and How It Can Be Used
From 1. 1. 2025, the contribution is 700 CZK and can be used for:
- Contribution to pension insurance or
- Contribution to benefits (Flexi Card by Pluxee – formerly Sodexo) or
- Contribution to a so-called DIP (Long-Term Investment Product)
Granting of Contributions from the Social Fund until 30 June 2026
- Rector’s Directive SR/42/2024 – Rules Governing the Provision of Contributions/Allowances Paid from the Social Fund
- Form – Application for a/an contribution/allowance paid from the Social Fund
- Form – Application for a change in the type of a/an contribution/allowance paid from the Social Fund
Granting of Contributions from the Social Fund starting 1 July 2026
Important changes: It is now possible to use the contribution for a so-called DIP (Long-Term Investment Product), and starting July 1, 2026, the contribution will also be provided to employees on maternity or parental leave, upon fulfillment of the conditions specified in SR/31/2026.
- Rector’s Directive SR/31/2026 – from 1 July 2026, it replaces Rector’s Directive SR/42/2024
- Annex 1 – Application for a Grant from the Social Fund
- Annex 2 – Application for a change in the type of a/an coontribution/allowance paid from the Social Fund
Provision of contributions from the Social Fund prior to 2022
- Bursar’s Directive SK/5/2019 concerning pension insurance remains in effect only for the assessment of claims arising prior to the effective date of Rector’s Directive SR/21/2022, Rector’s Directive SR/42/2024 and Rector’s Directive SR/31/2026.
Who to contact?
- Pension insurance contributions and DIP are administered by the HR Office—please contact your HR officer based on your faculties or component parts:
- Ing. Ivana Kučerová – FH, FMC (U13/218, e-mail: kucerova@utb.cz)
- Ing. Andrea Alice Mádrová – FaME, FT, HRR (U13/218, e-mail: madrova@utb.cz)
- Mgr. Lucie Rošťanská – FLCM, CPS, UNI, Library (U13/214, e-mail: rostanska@utb.cz)
- Marcela Uhříková – Rectorate, FAI, Cebia-Tech (U13/214, e-mail: uhrikova@utb.cz)
- The benefits contribution (Pluxee card) is administered by the HR Development—the contact person for all faculties or component parts:
- Ing. Tereza Vítková (U13/0139, e-mail: tvitkova@utb.cz)
How to proceed when applying for a contribution for the first time?
- Fill out the Application for a/an contribution/allowance paid from the Social Fund (Application valid until 30 June 2026, Application valid from 1 July 2026).
- Please submit the signed application to your contact person at the Rectorate, depending on the type of grant (see above).
- Your request must be verified by the HR Office, approved by your faculty or department, and returned to the HR Office to be filed in your personnel file.
- Entitlement arises only upon submission of a complete application, starting from the first day of the month following its approval.
- The entitlement is first recorded on the payslip for the month worked in which the entitlement arose (e.g., if the entitlement arises on April 1, 2026, it will not be recorded until the April 2026 payslip, i.e., in May 2026).
How to change between individual contributions?
An employee is entitled to request a change between different types of contributions a maximum of once a year. The employee must submit a request for the change well in advance, but no later than the last day of February of the given year, and the change will take effect on April 1 of that calendar year.
Directions:
- Fill out Application for a change in the type of a/an contribution/allowance (Application for change starting July 1, 2026).
- Please submit the signed application to your contact person at the Rectorate, depending on the type of grant (see above).
- Your request must be verified by the HR Office, approved by your faculty or department, and returned to the HR Office to be filed in your personnel file.
- Entitlement arises only upon submission of a complete application, starting from the first day of the month following its approval.
- The entitlement is first recorded on the payslip for the month worked in which the entitlement arose (e.g., if the entitlement arises on April 1, 2027, it will not be recorded until the April 2027 payslip, i.e., in May 2027).