Living and Working in Slovakia

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Living and Working in Slovakia
Ferdinand Bolibruch EURES Adviser
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Basic data

• Official name Slovak Republic
• Official language Slovak
• Capital city Bratislava (428 672)
• Area 49 035 km2
• Population 5 389 180
• Currency Slovak crown ,1 33 SKK, 1 DKK 5
  SKK

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Basic data
8 self-governing regions
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Wages and working conditions

• Minimum wage is established by law and is
  8,100,- SKK
• (aprox. 245 ) per month from 1 st October
  2007.
• Average wage in 1st quarter 2007 is
  18,511,-SKK
• (aprox. 560 ).
• Standard working time is 40 hours a week.
• Basic annual leave entitlement is 4 weeks
  (extension of
• annual leave may be agreed in a collective
  agreement).

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Residence permit

• Who is obliged to register as permanent
  resident in
• Slovakia?
• Citizen of EU/EEA member state who wish to stay
  in Slovakia for a period longer than three months
  (e.g. for purposes of employment, business or
  study).
• Citizens of EU/EEA member state apply for a
  residence permit at the nearest police authority
  within 10 days after their arrival.

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Residence permit

• EU/EEA citizens need to submit
• application for permanent residence registration
  of the EU/EEA citizen,
• valid travel document (identity card or
  passport),
• 3 photos /3 cm x 3,5 cm/,
• fee stamp of 100,- SKK,
• document confirming that the accommodation is
  ensured (declaration of the property owner, lease
  contract, etc.).

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Work permit

• EU/EEA citizens do not need a work permit.
• The employer is obliged to inform the Office
  of labour, social affairs and family, in writing,
  on the commencement of the employment and
  termination of the employment of the citizen of a
  Member State of the European Union and his/her
  family members, within 7 working days after the
  commencement of the employment at the latest and
  within seven working days after the termination
  of the employment at the latest.

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Taxation

• There is not required any application for an
  individual tax or
• social number in Slovakia.
• If a natural person from another country wishes
  to take up
• employment in the Slovak Republic, tax liability
  is met by
• the employer.

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Taxation

• If a natural person has permanent residence on
  the territory of the SR or spends most of his or
  her time on the territory of the SR and wishes to
  undertake business activities or other gainful
  activities on the territory of the SR, he or she
  is obliged to register with the competent local
  tax administration.
• If a natural person does not have permanent
  residence on the territory of the SR and does not
  spend most of his or her time on the territory of
  the SR, he or she must register with the
  Bratislava I tax authority.

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Taxation

• Taxation in Slovakia is at 19 flat rate tax
• for both natural and legal persons.
• Income tax is the most important direct tax.
• Taxation period is a calendar year
• (from January to December).

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Social security

• EU/EEA citizens wishing to live or work in
  the SR must join in to the social security
  (social insurance) system by paying the following
  contributions
• Pension insurance contributions , payable to the
  Social Insurance Institution (consist of old age
  and disability insurance contribution),
• Sickness insurance contributions, payable to the
  Social Insurance Institution,
• Unemployment insurance contributions, payable to
  the Social Insurance Institution.
• Health insurance contributions, payable to the
  Health Insurance Company of choice,

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Social security

• The employees contribution is 13,4 of the
  salary (OAI 4 , DI 3 , SI 1,4 , HI 4 , UI 1
  ).
• Contributions on behalf of employees in the form
  of a percentage of gross wages and the employers
  percentage contributions are paid by the
  employer.

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Unemployment benefit

• Only people who paid contributions to the
  unemployment fund for at least 3 years during the
  last 4 years before being registered can get the
  benefit.
• Unemployment benefits are payable for the
  maximum of six months.

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Labour market

• Number of unemployed 212 905
• Unemployment Rate
• Slovakia 8,19 /august 2007/
• Bratislava 1,85 /august 2007/
• Trend increasing rate due to end of seasonal
  work
• Future trend
• Falling unemployment
• Increased employment

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Surpluses of labour force

• Shop salespersons
• Extraction and building trades workers
• Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing
  and transport
• Sales and services elementary occupations
• Agriculture labourers
• Office clerks
• Unskilled workers

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Shortages of labour force

• Metal, machinery and related trades workers
• Locksmiths
• Welders
• Truck drivers
• CNC operators
• Process and Development specialists
• Quality engineers
• Sector automobile industry, mechanical industry,
  building industry, electrotechnics

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How to find a job

• EURES Slovakia www.eures.sk
• Eures Job Mobility Portal http//eures.europa.eu
  
• Employment Services www.upsvar.sk
  (Slovak)
• Newspapers www.avizo.sk
• Job Web Portal www.profesia.sk

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Advertising

• Eures job vacancies
• are visible in all PES offices /PES offices 46
  Eures departments, 22 Eures Advisers/ ,
• jobseekers have access to internet connection and
  panel walls,
• can not be transferred to national/regional
  jabdatabases.

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Promoting

• Eures job vacancies
• are promoted to jobseekers through
  posters,leaflets, international job fairs, ads in
  regional and national newspapers, SMS messages,
  consultation sessions etc.,
• also can find in our national website
  www.eures.sk.

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Other sources of advertising

• PES web site www.upsvar.sk
• have link to slovak eures website,
• are advertised all type of slovak job vacancies.

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Other sources of advertising

• Private recruitment on-line websites
• have own job databases,
• do not cooperate with Eures Slovakia,
• Slovak EAs can recomend other sources e.g.
  private recruitment websites.
• www.profesia.sk www.ponuky.sk
• www.jobserver.sk www.mojapraca.sk

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Other sources of advertising

• Private recruitment agencies
• Slovak PES and Eures do not cooperate with slovak
  private recruitment agencies.
• Reason Their services are not free of
  charge.
• EAs can cooperate with foreign recruitment
  agencies providing they are checked by foreign
  EAs and their services are free of charge.

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Other sources of advertising

• Newspapers
• Eures and PES job vacancies are not ussually
  published in national or local newspapers,
• have sometimes special additions which pay
  attention to LW conditions EU countries,
• EAs cooperate with relevant editors.

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Thank you for attention.