Employment Law Slovakia

Course Outline:

Learn the intricacies of Slovakian Employment Law and gain an understanding of HR practices in Slovakia.

This employment law training course provides participants with a good understanding of the pattern of employment regulation as well as specific information on the domestic employment laws in Slovakia.

You will leave with a working knowledge of local employment law and practice, an understanding of important cultural differences and working practices and the know-how to advise colleagues on the law.

Key Learning Outcomes:

1.    Slovak labour law essentials

  • Fundamental principles (non-discrimination, equal treatment, data protection, right to collective bargaining…)
  • Legal framework (applicable legal regulation)
  • Acting on behalf of employer in employment law relations (statutory representation vs. representation under POA)
  • Dependant work of employees vs. activities performed for employer by the contractors

2.    Contracting the employees

  • Basic rules for recruitment, probationary period
  • Contractual freedom in labour law (what is allowed and what is not – “numerous clauses principle”)
  • Mandatory provisions + typical voluntary clauses of the employment contract (confidentiality, non-compete clauses, IP clauses…)
  • Further agreements on work permittable under the Slovak Labour Code

3.    Managing the employees 

  • Elementary rights and obligations of both employer and employee
  • Work from office vs. telework vs. home office
  • Working time (incl. overtime work and emergency work) vs. vacation 
  • Occupational health and safety at work, liability of employee for damages

4.    Protecting the interests of employees

  • Change of working conditions, binding force of internal policies of employer
  • Collective agreements and their significance for employees
  • Employees' representatives and their basal role 
  • Court protection of employees, incl. statutory protection of whistleblowers

5.    Special circumstances

  • Temporary assignment of employees
  • Transfer of employees and its imperatives
  • Organisational changes by employer (incl. collective redundancy)
  • Limitation or close of operations of employer due to extraordinary event (e.g. pandemic)

6.    Terminating the employees

  • Termination agreement
  • Violation of working discipline vs. dissatisfactory performance of working tasks
  • Termination reasons for employer
  • Employment termination by employee

Course Details:

  • Duration: 1/2 day
  • Public course format and fee: Virtual | £345 + VAT
  • In-house course format and fee: Virtual | Call for details

Book below if you want to attend a public course. Please call 020 7549 2549 or email info@bondsolon.com to discuss or book an in-house course.


The Speaker:

Katarína Pfeffer - Bird & Bird 

Katarína is an associate at the Bird & Bird office in Bratislava, Slovakia.

She specialises mainly in commercial, M&A and employment law matters. 

Besides working in international law firm, she brings to her clients extensive experience from working as a secondee in number of global companies from IT and pharmaceutical sector. She advised executive management and corporate bodies on a broad range of legal issues. These included corporate law, contract negotiation, public procurement, regulatory, employment, data protection and copyright.

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