Legal source(s)

• Act No 2/1969 Coll. of the Czech National Council on the establishment of ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Czech Republic (Zákon č. 2/1969 Sb. České národní rady o zřízení ministerstev a jiných ústředních orgánů státní správy České republiky)
• According to Article 9, the MLSA is the ‘central government authority for ... wages and other remuneration for work, social welfare, ... care for the family and children, care for citizens in need of special assistance, and other matters of wage and social policy’.

Human rights capacity support

Functions

• Engages in conceptual and methodological activities in the fields of family policy, ageing policy and the development of an active ageing policy, equal remuneration for women and men, reconciliation of work and family life, childcare services, social inclusion and the sociolegal protection of children.
• Manages the performance of state administration in the field of the sociolegal protection of children and provides methodological guidance on related benefits.
• Is the ministry body responsible for adoption and foster care.

Specific mandates

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

• Performs the tasks of a superior appellate and supervisory administrative body in relation to the Office for International Legal Protection of Children, regional authorities and the Municipality of the Capital City of Prague in the field of the sociolegal protection of children.
• Manages the agenda of interministerial groups in related fields.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

• Participates in activities at the international level and cooperates with international organisations in the fields of family policy, ageing policy, childcare services, equal opportunities for men and women, the sociolegal protection of children and social inclusion.