Career and HR, page 12
Employment news from Slovakia
Jobless rate slightly up, due to graduates
THOUGH the unemployment rate increased slightly in September, it still remains at a six-year low.
Layoffs in Slovak firms are cheaper
THE COSTS of dismissing an employee still vary around Europe, with Slovakia being on the cheaper end of the scale, together with other countries of eastern and central Europe.
Who were top-earners last year?
LAST year, the average gross monthly salary in Slovakia amounted to €964, increasing by 5.7 percent year-on-year.
Educational inheritance can limit social mobility
Slovak children whose parents have low education likely to grow up poor.
Foreign students help economy
STUDENTS of the Masaryk University in the Czech city of Brno decided to explore how foreign university students impact the state economy, whether they are a positive contribution, or a burden.
Slovak businesses lack people
THE INCREASE of investments in the public sector, continuous construction of highways and quick-drawing of EU funds have caused a phenomenon no one would really expect – the Slovak labour market lacks an important part – qualified workers.
Women are more educated than men
AS FOR the level of education achieved, Slovak women are better off than men: they end their education with primary school more often than men, but they also more frequently achieve secondary education with a final exam passed, or graduated from a college or a university.
State re-qualification programme has produced mixed results
Public funds for retraining workers leads to a job in one-third of cases.
Unemployment keeps falling
THE JOBLESS rate in Slovakia stood at 11.32 percent in August, down from 11.46 percent in July.
Study: Cheaper to dismiss Slovak staff than western Europeans
THE COST of laying off an employee in Slovakia is still lower than in western European countries the latest study by Deloitte Legal entitled International Dismissal Survey has revealed.
Average salary now €929 per month
PEOPLE in Slovakia earned an average of €929 per month in the first half of the year, with the highest earnings seen in Bratislava Region (€1,283), according to an online survey on the Platy.sk website that gathered information from 36,766 respondents.
Graduates of informatics and economics have best chances to find jobs
SEVEN employers in average looked at CVs posted by the graduates of the Slovak University of Technology’s Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies (FIIT STU) searching for work in 2014.
Almost one third of employers fail to fill vacancies
THE WORLD seems to struggle with unemployment, but about 38 percent of employers have trouble finding the right people for vacancies. In Slovakia, 28 percent of employers face this problem, a ManpowerGroup poll shows.
Slovak mothers have more difficulties when returning to work
MATERNAL and parental leave in Slovakia are both longer than in other countries of the European Union (EU).
Fair presented more than 26,000 jobs
THE FIFTH year of Slovakia’s largest job fair JobExpo 2015, featuring 140 Slovak and more than 20 foreign employers with more than 26,000 job vacancies, was concluded at the Agrokomplex exhibition site in Nitra at the end of April.
Employee benefit packages evolving
Trends include so-called “healthy” benefits combining work and private life.
Gender pay gap remains a problem
SLOVAK women earn 20 percent less than men on average, a statistic that is worse than the European Union average, and part of a global trend that Pope Francis recently called a “pure scandal”.
Most Slovaks left from Prešov Region
RECENTLY, many Slovaks, especially those who fail to find jobs at home, tend to go abroad.
Uncovering illegal work
LABOUR inspectorates concluded the most audits in 2014 of the last four years, focused on uncovering the observance of the ban on illegal work and illegal employment.
Living up to promises
MORE than 20 years after the regime change, critical corporate issues still prevent companies in the central and eastern Europe (CEE) region from becoming more competitive,
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