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Working conditions of women, adolescent employees and employees caring for a child younger than 3 years of age Pregnant women, mothers until the end of the ninth month of confinement and the breastfeeding women must not be employed in works that are physically inappropriate for them or harm their organism, mainly works which jeopardise their maternity role. A pregnant woman,

Health safety and hygiene at work Occupational health and safety is the status of working conditions which eliminate or minimise the effects of dangerous and harmful agents in the working process and working environment on the health of an employee. Labour protection is an integral part of labour-law relations. Labour Law refers to special provisions in the field of occupational

Protection of rights of hosting employees A hosting employee who considers that his or her rights or legitimate interests are affected by non-compliance with the conditions of posting to the territory of the Slovak Republic may file a complaint directly or through employee representatives to the competent Labour Inspection Authority or may apply to court and seek legal protection.

Overtime rates An employee shall be entitled to wages earned and a wage surcharge equal to at least 25% of his/her average earnings for the performance of overtime work. An employee shall be entitled to wages earned and a wage surcharge equal to at least 35% of his/her average earnings for the performance of risk work. An employer may agree

Allowances The employee posted to other Member State to perform services shall be entitled to travel allowances according to Act 283/2002 Coll.:     reimbursement of proven travel expenses,     reimbursement of proven lodging expenses,     reimbursement of necessary associated expenses,     insurance of medical expenses abroad,     compulsory or recommended vaccination,     reimbursement of

An employee's entitlement to leave is one of the basic conditions of employment. The leave serves mainly for rest and recovery of workers without loss of their regular income. In response to the growing number of questions that arise during our consultancy work, we provide some basic information below. Issues relating to leave are regulated by Sections 100 to 117 of

Working conditions of temporary agency workers The employer or the agency for temporary employing in accordance with separate regulation may agree in writing with an employee in an employment relationship on assignation him/her temporarily to perform work to another legal person or natural person (hereinafter referred to as “using employer”). The agency for temporary employing shall undertake, in the employment

Subcontracting liability A hosting employee whom a hosting employer upon posting has not provided the wage payable under the hard core condition or part of the wage, has the right to claim their payment to a natural person or a legal person who is a service supplier in the territory of the Slovak Republic ( "supplier of services"), the direct

Administrative offences and penalties Sanctions are a tool for enforcing law enforcement in practice. Sanctions for labour inspections are: - prohibitions, - withdrawal of authorization, - removal of the certificate and the license, - imposing a financial penalty. Labour inspectorates impose financial penalties (§ 19 and § 20 of Act No. 125/2006 Coll. On labour inspection) to: - employers, -

New rules for posting of workers effective from 30th July 2020 Hard core conditions: a) length of work periods and rest periods - left unchanged b) length of paid holidays - left unchanged c) remuneration - change d) occupational health and safety - left unchanged e) working conditions of pregnant women, mothers until the end of the ninth month after