On January 1, 2019, both Act on Employment Services and Act on Residence of Foreigners have been amended
- Shortage occupation list will be updated more frequently, every quarter. Central Office of Labor, Social Affairs and Family will identify shortage occupations in districts where the average registered unemployment rate for the calendar quarter was less than 5%, and publish a list of these job positions at its website by the end of the calendar month immediately following the respective calendar quarter. The list can be found here: https://www.upsvr.gov.sk/sluzby-zamestnanosti/zamestnavanie-cudzincov/zoznam-zamestnani-s-nedostatkom-pracovnej-sily.html?page_id=806803
- Cancellation of the obligation to prove the highest achieved education.
Evidence of required education must be provided only for regulated professions (medical professionals, pedagogues,…) or when applying for a Blue Card.
- Temporary Employment Agencies can assign a foreigner to work at the user employer, but only in case of the shortage occupations.
TEA must be registered for at least 3 years before foreigner applies for a residence permit for employment for shortage occupation. TEAs are not eligible to assign foreigners for another type of job.
- Job vacancy must be reported by the employer at least 10 working days before submitting the application for granting or extending the work permit
- The police will not require proof of accommodation for a foreigner working in international public transport.
- Police will require the consent of the municipality with accommodation
A foreigner applying for a temporary residence for the purpose of employment is required to submit the consent of the respective municipality that accommodation meets the conditions defined by the Ministry of Health.
- Police will request confirmation on the possibility to fill in a vacancy from the Labor Office within 7 days of submitting a complete application for a residence permit for the purpose of employment.
- Police decide on granting / renewing a temporary residence for employment within 30 days of receiving the confirmation on the possibility to fill in a vacancy, only in case of shortage occupations (notice: not from the submission of residence application)
- Police decide on granting / renewing a temporary residence for employment within 30 days of submitting an application for a residence permit if foreigner represents or works for a center of business services or a technology center.
- Foreigners with a residence in another EU Member State do not have to submit a medical certificate confirming that they do not suffer from any disease threatening public health, upon obtaining a residence in Slovakia.
Starting next year, parents will be able to receive maternity benefit simultaneously.
The current legislation does not allow a mother and a father to receive maternity benefit simultaneously. From next year, however, it will be possible for a father who is on maternity leave with an older child to receive maternity benefit even after a mother with her newborn baby remains at home and will receive maternity benefit.
It is not possible this year, the father would automatically lose his claim to maternity benefit in this case and only the mother could receive it.
Maternity benefits:
- a mother is entitled to maternity benefit for 34 weeks, single mothers for 37 weeks
- the second parent is entitled to maternity benefit for 28 weeks
- 75 % of the probable basis for assessment, which is calculated from the salary
- maximum amount for a 31-day month is nearly 1,400 EUR (as of January 2019 increased to 1 458.50 EUR)
- for more information on maternity benefits see Social Insurance.
From May 1, 2018, an employer wishing to hire a foreigner must report a job vacancy to the competent Labour Office at least 20 working days prior to submitting the application for temporary residence for employment purposes. The filing deadline for the application was thus reduced from 30 working days to 20.
If the job is on the shortage occupations list, the competent Labour Office will issue a confirmation of the possibility of filling a vacancy without taking into account the situation on the labour market and it is not necessary to report the vacancy. The employer must comply with the legal requirements, e.g. the number of the employed foreigners must be less than 30% of the total number of employees. The shortage occupations list in the regions with the average registered unemployment rate lower than 5% can be found on the website the Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family.
For information on other changes to the Act on Residence of Foreigners:
Changes to the Act on Residence of Foreigners: Applying for residence
Changes to the Act on Residence of Foreigners: Proof of accommodation
Central Office of Labor, Social Affairs and Family has published a shortage occupations list in regions with an average registered unemployment rate below 5% in 2017. For more information, visit the website of Central Office of Labor, Social Affairs and Family.
As of May 1, 2018, it will no longer be necessary to submit the original of the deed of ownership to prove the accommodation to the Foreign Police. The declaration of the owner/owners on providing the accommodation or a rental agreement is sufficient. The signatures must be notarized and the document must not be older than 90 days.
Nevertheless, we recommend that you provide at least an informative deed of ownership from the Internet.
For information on other changes to the Act on Residence of Foreigners:
Changes to the Act on Residence of Foreigners: Applying for residence
Changes to the Act on Residence of Foreigners: Single permit for employment
The amendment to Act on Health Insurance came into effect in January 1st, 2018. The change primarily affects the employees without permanent residence in Slovakia and without health insurance in other EU Member state.
Since January 1st, 2018 only employees with minimum monthly wage in sum stipulated by Act on Minimum Wage can be a part of public health insurance system. The minimum wage was increased to 480,- EUR on January, 2018. For the purposes of health insurance, working hours are not relevant.
The employee who is paid a monthly wage in the amount of minimum wage or more (minimum 480,- EUR) will have public health insurance.
The employee who is paid an hourly rate must assess the respective sum from his wage and compare it with the amount 480,- EUR. According to sub. 2 par. 2 Act on Minimum Wage, the respective sum for worked hours comes from 1/174 of monthly minimum wage.
Calculation: HOURLY WAGE x 174 x WORKING HOURS
e.g. Employee works 20 hours/week for hourly wage 3,50 EUR.
3,50 x 174 x (80h/174) = 280,- EUR . Employee is not entitled to have health insurance.
Once employee does not have entitlement for health insurance, he must get the commercial insurance.
The amendment of the Act on Residence of Foreigners comes into effect on 1 September 2017. It won´t be possible anymore for a student of Slovak language at a language course to apply for the residence permit for the purpose of study. Those foreigners who want to study Slovak language may apply for a National visa or for temporary residence for another purpose. National visa can be issued for the period of duration of a language course, maximum until 31 July of the respective year.
The amendment also affects the high school students. The temporary residence for the purpose of study can be acquired only by a student, who is younger than 20 years, on the day of submitting the application.
From the 1st of January – the minimum wage increases
From the 1st of January 2017 the minimum wage rises to 435 EUR per month (gross wage). The minimum wage is the lowest wage, which can be paid to employees working full time. The rate of the minimum wage depends on the level of difficulty, which is stipulated by employer according to attributes of the job position. Every employee working full time for more than 4 hours per day is entitled to food allowance.
The minimum hourly wage rate increases to 2,50 EUR per hour.
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Migračné informačné centrum IOM (MIC) poskytuje nasledovné služby:
- Otvorené kurzy slovenského jazyka pre cudzincov
- Finančný príspevok na vzdelávacie a rekvalifikačné kurzy
- Finančný príspevok na uznanie ukončenia vzdelania zo zahraničia
- Právne poradenstvo
- Sociálne a pracovné poradenstvo
- Podporu zamestnávateľov
Vyššie spomínané bezplatné služby sú dostupné pre nasledovné skupiny :
občanov krajín z krajín EÚ/ EHP a krajín mimo EÚ/ EHP, ktorí majú na Slovensku prechodný, trvalý alebo tolerovaný pobyt, vrátane žiadateľov o dočasné útočisko a osôb s udeleným dočasným útočiskom na Slovensku ("odídenci"),
- vysokokvalifikovaných cudzincov (s vysokoškolským vzdelaním) z krajín EÚ/ EHP a krajín mimo EÚ/ EHP a ich rodinných príslušníkov,
- zahraničných univerzitných študentov s platným pobytom na území Slovenskej republiky študujúcich na vysokej škole v SR a ich rodinných príslušníkov.
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