The Legal Status of Performing Artists as Self-Employed Persons (Entrepreneurs) within the Pension Insurance System
Martin Škurek
Rok vzniku: 2026,
The first part of this legal guide focuses on the status of performing artists who pursue their professional activities as self-employed persons within the Czech pension insurance system. It explains under what conditions artistic activity is considered self-employment and which rules apply to performing artists working as self-employed persons. The guide examines in detail the distinction between main and secondary self-employment, the conditions for mandatory and voluntary participation in pension insurance, the commencement and termination of such participation, periods of insurance, and the rules governing pension insurance contributions. Practical examples help illustrate how these rules apply to specific professional and life situations of performing artists. The publication is intended primarily for self-employed performing artists who wish to better understand their obligations and entitlements in the areas of social security and pension insurance. The guide was produced as part of the project Comprehensive Research and Support for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Olomouc Agglomeration and is freely available on the CIRG website.
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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).
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