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Living and working in Slovakia
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Basic data
The Slovak republic is a geografical centre of
Europe and is bordered by the Czech republic,
Poland, Ucraine, Hungary and Austria. Surface
area 49 035 km2 Capital city Bratislava
(population 452 288) Population 5 395 000 (of
which 51,4 women) Economically active
population 2 665 000 Population in
cities 58 Inflation rate 2 Minimum
wage 8 100 Sk monthly (cca 246 euro) Average
wage 19 598 Sk monthly (2.q 2007) 593
euro Infrastructure roads - 43 000 km,
railroads - 3 662 km 6 international airports
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? GENERAL CONDITIONS
Free movement of workers in the EU/EEC member
states is one of the fundamental rights, enabling
nationals of a EU/EEC member state to work in
another EU/EEC member state under the same
conditions as the citizens of that member
state. By its accession to the EU Slovakia did
not introduce restrictions of access to its
labour market of any other member of the European
Arrival in Slovakia
? REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

• Citizens of EU/EEC member states are entitled to
  have their permanent residence on the territory
  of the Slovak republic.
• When they wish to permanently reside in Slovakia,
  they are
• Obliged to register as permanent residents and to
  present
• A valid travel document or an identification
  card
• A document confirming accommodation in Slovakia
• fotographs measuring 3 x 3,5 cm
• filled registration form

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? ...REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

• The formal administrative procedure is shortened
  for citizens of the EU decision within 14 days.
• The SR police authority issues to the EU/EEC
  citizen permanently residing in the SR a document
  in proof of such residence in the form of
• an identification card with
• a photograph of the bearer.
• Validity of the issued permanent residence
  document is five years.
• Upon expiry and by request, the police authority
  issues a new permanent
• residence card, the validity of which is ten
  years.
• If you transfer your unemployment benefit
• ? notify the local Office of Labour, Social
  Affairs and Family within 7 days and
• ?submit a completed E303 form at the local office
  of Social Insurance Agency.

Arrival in Slovakia
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• If you are unemployed and looking for a job, you
  may register with the Office of Labour, Social
  Affairs and Family in the place of your
  residence. Registration is not mandatory.
• You can search for a job
• By own initiative
• By responding to the offer published within the
  vacant jobs system available at the Offices of
  labour, social affairs and family
• By responding to the offer published by the
  employer or by an agency through the mass media,
  Internet, etc.

Searching a job in Slovakia
Useful websites
www.eures.sk
www.upsvar.sk
www.employment.gov.sk
www.profesia.sk
www.trhprace.sk
www.kariera.zoznam.sk
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? LETTER OF APPLICATION / MOTIVATION LETTER

• An application is usually submitted in the form
  of a letter, to which a structured curriculum
  vitae must be attached, along with copies of any
  documents specifically required by the employer,
  e.g. of education, training, special courses
  and/or skills and knowledge.
• Some advertised offers require the submission of
  a motivation letter and a photograph.

Applying for a job
? CURRICULUM VITAE

• The structured curriculum vitae is used in all
  cases, comprising personal data, information
  about education, professional experience,
  language and other skills, as well as about
  personal interests of the applicant.
• The curriculum vitae should be clear and provide
  complete information about experience and skills.
  A holographic CV should only be provided when
  specifically requested by the employer.

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The minimum age of an employee is 15 Between 15
and 18 years of age such employees are considered
to be juvenile employees and their legal guardian
must be present when a contract of employment is
signed.
Employment
? EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

• The contract of employment between an employer
  and employee must be written and must contain
• ? Job title a brief description of what the
  employee is expected to do
• ? Place of work
• ? The date when the employment begins
• The scale or rate of remuneration, unless this
  is specified in a collective agreement
• The employer must also include in the contract of
  employment other terms and conditions,
  particularly
• ? the intervals at which remuneration will be
  paid
• ? working hours
• ? entitlement to holidays and lenght of notice.

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? WORKING CONDITIONS
Working time ?The statutory working week in
Slovakia is a maximum of 40 hours. Depending of
the type of work, the working week ranges from
37,5 to 40 hours. ? A five-day week is usually
worked with a 30-minute break per day which is
not included in the hours of work. ? The hours of
work of an employee, overtime included, may not
exceed 48 hours a week. Remuneration ? The
statutory minimun pay in SKK is 8 100 Sk cca
246 Euro a month ? The Labour Code also
guarantees separate monetary compensation for
overtime work, work on holidays and night work. ?
Wages are payable in arrears, no later than the
end of the following calendar month unless a
collective agreement or contract of employment
specify otherwise.
Employment
www.safework.gov.sk
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PERSONAL INCOME TAX is not progressive and
dependent upon the amount of annual earnings but,
with effect from 1 January 2004, it is set at ?
a uniform rate of 19 , regardless of the amount
of earnings, ? for both natural and legal
persons. ? The income taxes are witheld from
salary, monthly, by employer ? Every natural
person who receives a taxable income during a
taxation period is obliged to submit a tax return
at the end of each taxation period, which is a
calendar year.
T a x e s
Useful websites
www.drsr.sk
www.finance.gov.sk
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Employer may elaborate the annual accounting for
taxes on behalf of their employees Both the
payment of income taxes, health and social
insurance is provided by employer, the employee
doesnt need to obtain a fiscal/social number
? Insurance arises by taking up employment in
the Slovak Republic with an employer who has
permanent residence in the Slovak Republic in
case of foreign nationals or stateless persons
! INDIRECT TAXES Are levied upon nearly all
goods and services in the form of the value added
tax, which is collected in Slovakia at the
uniform rate of 19
T a x e s
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• Everyone who wishes to live or work in Slovakia
  must participate in the social security (social
  insurance) system by paying the following
  contributions
• ? Health insurance contributions, payable to the
  health insurance company of choice,
• ? Sickness insurance contributions, payable to
  the Social Insurance Agency,
• ? Pension contributions (pension insurance),
  payable to the Social Insurance Agency,
• ? Unemployment insurance contributions, also
  payable to the Social Insurance Agency
• Employer also has to pay contributions to
• ? The Accident insurance
• ? The guarantee insurance
• ? The solidarity reserve fund

Social security
www.employment.gov.sk
www.upsvar.sk
www.socpoist.sk
www.vszp.sk
Additional information
www.poistovne.sk
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? SICKNESS INSURANCE BENEFITS

• Who may claim ?
• Employees and self-employed persons subject to
  the obligatory sickness
• insurance, who were recornized temporarily
  incapable of work due to
• a sickness or an accident.
• Who will pay ?
• ? During the first ten days of the temporary
  incapacity of work the employer provides
  substitute income,
• ? From the 11th day of the temporary incapacity
  receives the employee the sickness insurance
  benefit from the Social Insurance Agency
• The amount of sickness insurance benefit is 55
  of the daily assessment base (from the 11th day
  of temporary incapacity for work).

Social security
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? UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

• Who may claim ?
• the person who had been covered by unemployment
  insurance for at least
• 3 years during the last 4 years before being
  entered in the register of unemployed persons
  seeking an employment.
• When ?
• from the date of entry in the register of the
  unemployed.
• Unemployment benefit is 50 from the assesment
  base and is payable for 6 months, monthly in
  arrears.

Social security
Additional information
Social Insurance Agency www.socpoist.sk
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? ....UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

• The claim to unemployment benefit expires
• ? on the date of deletion from the register of
  applicants for employment
• ? by lapse of the support period (6 months)
• ? on the date of granting old-age pension
  benefits
• ? on the date of death of the insured individual
• New claim to unemployment benefits will arise to
  the insured person only
• ? after lapse of at least 3 years from the date
  of expiry of the preceding claim to such
  benefits.

Social security
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? PENSIONS

• The Slovak pension system is based on 3 pillars
• 1st pillar is mandatory for all citizens of
  working age and their employers
• 2nd pillar this is a private savings pillar
  administered by private pension administration
  companies
• 3rd pillar optional pillar consisting of the
  payment of an amount at ones own discretion to
  the account of a supplementary pension company

Social security
Useful information
Social Insurance Agency www.socpoist.sk 0800
123 123
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? ....PENSIONS

• The following benefits are paid from the pension
  scheme fund
• ? RETIREMENT PENSION - 10 years of insurance
• - retirement age reached (62 years of age)
• ? EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION- before reaching
  retirement age
• ? SURVIVOR PENSION - to provide a widow/er with
  an income
• following the death of a spouse
• ? ORPHANS PENSION - to provide an orphan with an
  income in
• case of the death of a parent or foster
  parent
• ? DISABILITY PENSION - to provide for the insured
  person an income
• in case of loss of income due to long-term
• illness
• In addition to retirement pension contributions,
  employers also deduct contributions for a work
  injury insurance for the payment of work injury
  benefits

Social security
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? CHILD BENEFIT

• The child benefit is a state social benefit by
  which the state contributes to the
• ?upbringing and support of the dependent child of
  the qualified person.
• The qualified person may claim the benefit by
• ? submitting a written application to the Labour,
  Social Affairs and Family Office at the place of
  his/her permanent or temporary residence.
• A dependent child is a child at compulsory
  education age, but also an older child up to the
  maximum age of 25 years, providing he/she studies
  or is unable to study or work due to an illness
  or injury.

Social security
Useful websites
www.upsvar.sk
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? HEALTH INSURANCE

• Health insurance in Slovakia must by law be paid
  by everyone.
• All employees must have health insurance with a
  health insurance company, which
• ? assigns them a number and
• ? issues a HEALTH INSURANCE CARD, which they
  must present when visiting a doctor.
• Health insurance covers most of the costs of
  health care.
• Certain drugs and medical procedures have to be
  paid for in full.
• Health insurance also covers some of the costs of
  dental care.
• Patients pay for medical procedures in accordance
  with a preset tariff.

Social security
Useful websites
www.vszp.sk
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? COST OF LIVING

• Varies from region to region. The prices are
  highest in the SR capital Bratislava, while
  smaller cities have more acceptable prices.
• ? Annual earnings and expenditure of households
  (2005)
• Net earnings 104 715 SKK
• Net expenditure 104 014 SKK from which
• Food 22 194 SKK
• Alcohol and tabac 2 951 SKK
• Clothes and footwear 5 986 SKK
• Rents energy 19 542 SKK
• Culture and holidays 6 540 SKK
• Transport 8 700 SKK

Life In Slovakia
Useful websites
www.reality.sk
www.topreality.sk
www.skreality.sk
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? USEFUL ADDRESSES / WEBSITES
www.eures.sk - EURES in Slovakia www.slovensko.sk
- Your guide to Slovakia www.employment.gov.sk -
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and
Family in Slovakia www.upsvar.sk - Central
Office of Labour, Social Affairs and
Family in Slovakia www.foreign.gov.sk - Ministry
of Foreign Affairs in Slovakia www.health.gov.sk
- Ministry of Public Health www.slovakspectator.
sk - Slovak news in English www.cp.sk -
Transport in Slovakia
Life In Slovakia
? THE MOST IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
158 Police 150 Fire brigade 155
Ambulance 112 SOS Emergency call 1181
Information on phone numbers in Slovakia
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Thank you for your attention
Miroslava Hilovska EURES adviser