On January 28, 2015, the Slovak parliament overruled a Presidential veto and approved an amendment to the Labor Code that introduces tighter conditions over the provision of labor. Most of the changes will come into force on March 01, 2015. Some of the main changes are detailed below. By Elena Chorvátová and Přemysl Marek from the law firm Peterka & Partners.
In summary the provision of labor under Slovak law comes under two legal forms:
- assignment of employees by an employer to a different company for reasons linked to the company’s business
- temporary assignment of employees by a specialist assignment agency (whose business is to assign temporary manpower) to a company
These two mechanisms must respect the principle of equal treatment. Assigned workers have the right to receive at least the same pay and equivalent working conditions as other empl
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