Easily manage employment in Slovakia

The Slovakian Labour Code stipulates an annual leave entitlement for different classes of workers, depending on age, personal circumstances, occupation, and complexity or physical demand of an occupation.- 4 weeks: Basic annual leave- 5 weeks: Employees aged 33 and above- 8 weeks: Educational staff, i.e., teachers, lecturers, professors, etc.Employees that have worked for less than 60 days are still entitled to 1/12 of their yearly entitlement.

Except for those employed in a few essential industries, employees are entitled to paid time off on Slovakia’s 14 public holidays and employers cannot enter into negotiations to get them to work.

Employees are entitled to paid sick leave, at a fraction of their normal wages.Through the first three days of an employee’s illness, the employee will receive 25% of the normal wage s/he’s entitled to, paid by the employer; until day 10 the sickness benefit will be paid out at 55% of the normal wage.From the 11th day of an illness, employees can draw a sickness benefit equal to 55% of the full wages, paid by the Social Insurance Agency.

Pregnant employees are entitled to 37 weeks of paid maternity leave, starting up to eight weeks before delivery at a rate equivalent to 75% of the employee’s normal wages. Likewise, if an insured employee other than a postpartum mother takes care of a child, the employee will be entitled to 28 weeks of paid leave.Slovakian maternity leave policy entitles only one insured person to draw a maternity benefit for childbirth, i.e., either the mother or the insured employee taking care of the child.Slovakian maternity leave is paid by social security funds at a rate of 75% of the gross daily pay.

Employers are required to grant partners of postpartum employees a paid parental leave that will last until the end of the mother’s leave.Additionally, parents can request time off work completely until their child turns three, or six — if the child has any disability. In this case, such employees will be entitled to a parental allowance equivalent to €203.20 per month.

- Adoption leave: Couples who adopt or foster children care entitled to 28 weeks of paid leave, 31 weeks for single parents, and 37 weeks of paid leave for parents with two or more children under their care.- Bereavement leave: Employees can take up to three days of paid leave off following the death of a spouse or child, and to attend the funeral.

- Slovakian employees are entitled to a meal allowance and employers must comply with this statutory benefit- There is no statutory obligation but it is the common practice in Slovakia to offer employees both 13th and 14th month salaries- Overtime pay for hours over 40 a week must be paid at 125% of the gross pay- Pay for working on a Saturday is 150% of the gross pay- Pay for working on a Sunday is 200% of the gross pay- Pay for work during night hours is calculated at 140% of the employees’ gross pay