Career and HR, page 7

Employment news from Slovakia

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Science not interesting for girls

Slovak girls become interested in the so-called STEM subjects only as 12-year-olds.

An increasing number of men are staying home with their children.

Fathers also take care of their children

The growing number of men in Slovakia stay home with their children. But are the current rules sufficient?

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People are endangered by poverty

The most endangered are households with three and more dependent children and single parents with at least one child.

Economy Minister Peter Žiga

EcoMin proposes to cut ‘useless bureaucracy’

Businesses welcome proposed measures, but say more needs to be done.

300 people protest easier working conditions for foreigners

The labour minister promised to work towards enacting policies that would prevent so-called social dumping or the use of foreign workers as cheap labour.

PM Fico introducing new labour measures in Nitra on May Day.

Fico presents measures to help improve Slovak standards of living

He proposes to increase the minimum wage and surcharges for night and weekend work, ban social dumping and more.

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Employment agencies close shop

The changes to business of temporary employment agencies have caused serious problems to them.

Andrej Danko, head of the Slovak National Party (SNS) at the party congress in Sliač.

Coalition SNS seeks mandatory 13th salary

The business sector claims that such a step would lead to speculation and slow the growth of wages.

Emil Machyna

Unions will protest against new rules for hiring foreigners

They claim that foreign workers do not have the same conditions as their Slovak colleagues.

RÚZ president Miroslav Kiraľvarga

Businesses complain about quality of business environment

RÚZ has begun to believe that discussing the minimum wage is a waste of time.

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Quality of digitally skilled applicants dropped

The most significant drop was seen in the engineering and technical positions which currently struggle the most to find appropriate staffers.

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Trade unions propose to hike minimum wage to €492

Employers call for a formula with pre-set indicators for calculating an annual increase of the minimum wage.

Investors would like to see more students joining dual education.

Where are the workers?, investors ask

Foreign chambers of commerce conducted a regular survey among investors.

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Speaking Slovak still opens doors to many jobs for foreigners

Employers most frequently fill the more qualified and top positions with people from countries that perform better economically than Slovakia, while less qualified employees come from countries with lower GDP.

Survey: Foreign investors most upbeat about economy in eight years

Lack of qualified labour increases wage costs.

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A firm’s owner can impede generational succession

Seven key ways to deal with transition of a family business.

A group of 13 business organisations and chambers of commerce put together 20 recommendations for politicians in Slovakia in mid-November

Slovakia to open labour market to foreigners

The current rules for employing non-EU nationals will change in April.

Car manufacturing in Kia Motors Slovakai in Teplička nad Váhom.

Trade unionists and management of Kia carmaker agree on higher wages

They will sign the document on Tuesday, March 28.

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Benefits – the main motivation for employees?

The benefits offered may help to attract and retain them, but do not guarantee they will stay in the job.

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Foreigners could fill job gaps, but not permanently

HR experts say shortage of labour will continue to be the main labour market challenge.

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