Mgr. Lenka Gomez Tomčalová

Specialisation

Labour law
Mediation
Civil law including debt recovery
Commercial law
Family law
Litigation, arbitration, conciliation
Franchising

Member

Member of the Czech Bar Association since 2011

Education

Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague,
2005 - 2011 (Mgr.)

Academic placement at the Faculty of Law in Hamburg, 2010

Academic placements in London, Eggenfelden und Konstanz

Languages

english
german
spanish

About Lenka

Lenka provides legal advice especially in the field of labour law, including representing clients in employment-related disputes, litigation and family law. Lenka also has experience in the field of foreigners‘ residence in the Czech Republic, including their representation before local administrative authorities and courts. She cooperated with Economia magazine as a Legal Guarantor in the field of labour law. 

She is a registered mediator specializing in mediation of employment-related and civil disputes.

Conferences and workshops

• Legislativní forum společnosti People Management Forum: Agreements after the amendment. How to handle them so we don't get burned?, 11/2023

• Epravo.cz: Home Office Reloaded: Remotely, but by the Rules: A Major Amendment to the Labor Code in Practice, 11/2023

• People Management Forum: HR Know HOW 2023 Conference HR and New Age Business, 05/2023

• People Management Forum: amendment to the Labour Code – a challenge even for experienced HR managers...and what if the inspectorate comes?, 03/2023

• Legislative forum of the People Management Forum: News regarding labour regulations in 2023, 11/2022
• Konference evropských služeb zaměstnanosti: Fourth Industrial revolution and new forms of work, 11/2022
• Epravo.cz: Konference Právo & Praxe 2022: Amendment to the Labor Code from the perspective of the employer, 10/2022
• HR days (Profesia): The gig economy – how will our work look like in the future (and how not), 10/2022
• HR Know How: Shaping the new future, 05/2022
• Czech HR Summit: Flexibility and its boundaries, 05/2022

Presence in media

• HR forum: whistleblowing in the context of data protection, 10/2023

• Epravo.cz : The Whistleblower Protection Act is knocking on the door, 06/2023

• Epravo.cz - leagleone: interest in the digitalization of HR processes is growing, 04/2023

• Euro Lawyers: even legal professions face prejudice, 04/2023

• Ekonom: Stricter rules regarding working from home, part-time and summer jobs. The Labour Code turns away from flexibility, 10/2022

• Epravo.cz: Burn-out syndrome – a (hidden) pandemic of the modern age with labour law consequences? Why should it interest you?,10/2022
• e-Bulletin: Electronic signatures not only through the lens of labor law, 09/2022
• pinya HR: Electronic signatures in practice, 09/2022
• HR Forum: Collective negotiations, 08/2022
• HR Forum: Are you planning a home office from abroad for your employees?, 06/2022
• Ekonom: The Legal Guarantor of Ekonom magazine for labour law, 04/2022
• Ekonom: The default setting of the Labour Code is to see fraudsters everywhere, 04/2022
• People Management Forum: Proper and legal employment of Ukrainian citizens, 03/2022
• Epravo.cz: (Non)-obligatory vaccination, 05/2021
• Deník E15: Trust and getting rid of bias more important than mandatory rates, say leading female lawyers, 05/2021
• Hospodářské noviny: About gifts and donations, 12/2020
• Epravo.cz: Working from home – the journey from a benefit to a flexible future, 11/2020
• Týdeník Ekonom: Seeking justice in court, 07/2020
• Epravo.cz: Z/C/H Legal welcomes a new attorney in its team, 4/2016

Webinars

What (not) to expect in court proceedings?

• Course of action during civil proceedings
• The most common legal institutes and documents used in civil proceedings
• The most important obligations when dealing with courts and the consequences of failure to meet them
• Judicial slang

How (not) to terminate employment properly?

• What is the perspective of the Labour Code (and courts) regarding employers and employees?
• The preconditions and application of immediate termination of employment and notice of termination
• Time periods regarding the termination of employment
• Proper service of documents

Why not to be afraid of mediation and the advantages of using it

• What is mediation and what to expect from it?
• How is mediation conducted in practice?
• How to make sure that a mediation agreement will be legally enforceable?

Labour Code amendment

• Leave

• Job sharing
• Service of documents
• Other amended legal institutes