Media Monitoring

The government’s priority is to keep existing workplaces and create new ones 

The government’s priority is to keep existing workplaces and create new ones 

02.07.2020 Media Monitoring

Employers call for a more flexible Labour Code. This article was published in the Career & Employment Guide 2020, our special annual publication focused on the labour market, human resources and education. The Igor Matovič government had to...

Delayed government assistance put Slovakia’s competitiveness at risk

Delayed government assistance put Slovakia’s competitiveness at risk

11.05.2020 Media Monitoring

A study compares measures to combat the impact of the coronavirus crisis in seven European countries. Read in this story -What are the three pillars on which the economic responses of the seven surveyed countries rest -What the Labour Ministry...

More flexible and modern labour legislation required

More flexible and modern labour legislation required

05.02.2020 Media Monitoring

Despite some improvements in labour legislation, BSCs and employers call for a new law that would reflect current labour market trends. This text was published as part of the special supplement on Business service centres, prepared in cooperation...

Employers: Slovakia’s legislation chaos is the worst since 1993 

Employers: Slovakia’s legislation chaos is the worst since 1993 

02.12.2019 Media Monitoring

Businesses have sent 20 recommendations to politicians. To ensure Slovakia’s competitiveness in these times of global economic cool-down, a group of 13 business organisations and chambers of commerce put together 20 commandments. One half...

Economy remains unaffected for now

Economy remains unaffected for now

26.03.2018 Media Monitoring

Political stability is what investors and companies seek, listing the euro and the location in central Europe among the advantages of investing in Slovakia. Now stability has been shaken by the political crisis triggered by the murder of...

Unfair practices or a market advantage?

Unfair practices or a market advantage?

30.10.2017 Media Monitoring

The Federation of Employers' Associations (AZZZ) agrees that the directive of posting has brought a load of red tape. "The current situation is very unclear, administratively very burdensome and complicated in term of languages,"...

Slovakia voted for rule reform on posted workers

Slovakia voted for rule reform on posted workers

26.10.2017 Media Monitoring

At first Slovakia was one of the eleven EU member countries that triggered the yellow card procedure to block changes the European Commission proposed to 21-year-old posted worker rules. After some agreed compromises Slovak Labour Minister Ján...

EU Presidency to bring business opportunities

EU Presidency to bring business opportunities

04.07.2016 Media Monitoring

Firms can engage in sponsorship or showcase products during 22 ministerial meetings and 200 other events. For the first time, Slovakia will preside over the EU Council, and the country’s presidential term is seen as an opportunity not just for...

Gov't collects more taxes

Gov't collects more taxes

25.02.2016 Media Monitoring

BETTER collection of taxes and positive economic developments have boosted state coffers more than the Finance Ministry originally forecast. The latest prognosis by the Financial Policy Institute (IFP), a think tank at the Finance Ministry, has...

Dual education starts

Dual education starts

07.01.2016 Media Monitoring

But students are not as interested as expected It should have been one of the biggest education reforms passed by the current government, but the number of pupils that participate in the dual education is not as high as it was originally...

Young are willing to switch jobs often

Young are willing to switch jobs often

10.03.2015 Media Monitoring

Slovak stay in the same job for less than four years on average, but amid changing work habits this still makes them among central Europe's most loyal employees. Young Slovak men with higher education change jobs most often. The older people...