Abstract
The paper deals with an obligation to perform mandatory work which was imposed on specific groups of students during the covid-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic. The first part of the paper handles mandatory work or service generally, and the author deals with the prohibition of forced labour and analyses cases when mandatory work or service may be exacted.
The second part is focused on mandatory work exacted during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, when students of medical and social care disciplines were obligated to perform mandatory work especially in hospitals or retirement houses. The author analyses the government's decisions which imposed mandatory work on students and shows particular problems related to the mandatory work performed by students during the covid-19 pandemic.