Employment of the EU/EEA/Swiss nationals
EU/EEA/Swiss nationals can be employed in Slovakia under the same terms as Slovak nationals. With effect from 1 January 2019 an obligation to report every job vacancy to the competent Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family has been introduced. The aim is to simplify the identification of shortage occupations. In case of EU/EEA/Swiss nationals there is no time limit on reporting a job vacancy. In practice, it continues to apply that EU/EEA/Swiss nationals do NOT need to obtain a work permit nor a confirmation of the possibility to fill a vacant position. They can conclude an employment contract or an agreement on work performed outside the employment relationship with their employer.
Employer’s duties:
- to report a job vacancy to the competent Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family via the system ISTP or via the official form for reporting a job vacancy „Nahláška voľného pracovného miesta“
- to conclude an employment relationship in compliance with the Labour Code and to register the employee with a competent branch of the Social Insurance Company (Sociálna poisťovňa) before the employment starts,
- to inform the competent Labour Office (depending on the place of work, not the employer’s seat) about the start of employment and its termination within 7 working days thereof using a form “Informačná karta o vzniku/skončení pracovnoprávneho vzťahu alebo o vyslaní na výkon práce/skončení vyslania na výkon práce občana EÚ“, in two copies
- to register the employee with the health insurance company within 8 working days of the entry into employment,
- to deregister the employee from all the institutions after the termination of employment.
For information related to all mobile workers from EU/EEA/Switzerland, you can also consult the website of EURES (information network to facilitate mobility of workers within the countries of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association) and its Slovak branch.
According to the regulation of the Council (EEC) No. 311/76 on compilation of foreign workers statistics, the Slovak Republic as well as other member states, is obliged to monitor the movement of workers within the Union. In the Slovak Republic, the monitoring of labour mobility is carried out on the basis of an information card for the purpose of statistical records.