The Czech Trade Inspection Authority (ČOI) has undertaken a series of audits focused on revealing discrimination against consumers in the Czech Republic during the second quarter of 2024. Forty audits were undertaken between 1 April and 30 June 2024; discriminatory treatment was discovered in three. The cases concerned discrimination on the basis of race, sex and other factors. The ČOI issued a press release about its findings on 14 August. So far this year inspectors have revealed eight such cases. One pertained to an audit of a residential hotel facility, where the inspector performed a simulated reservation for four Romani adults.
“The entrepreneur whom we contacted said that would be a problem because she had had very bad experiences [with other Romani tenants] and she ultimately refused to accommodate them,” the ČOI reported in its press release. The consumer protection law forbids tradespeople from discriminating against customers when providing services or selling products and forbids them to differentiate among customers on the basis of age, disability, ethnic origin or sex.
