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Employment news from Slovakia
Science not interesting for girls
Slovak girls become interested in the so-called STEM subjects only as 12-year-olds.
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?
People are endangered by poverty
The most endangered are households with three and more dependent children and single parents with at least one child.
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.
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.
Employment agencies close shop
The changes to business of temporary employment agencies have caused serious problems to them.
Coalition SNS seeks mandatory 13th salary
The business sector claims that such a step would lead to speculation and slow the growth of wages.
Unions will protest against new rules for hiring foreigners
They claim that foreign workers do not have the same conditions as their Slovak colleagues.
Businesses complain about quality of business environment
RÚZ has begun to believe that discussing the minimum wage is a waste of time.
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.
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.
Where are the workers?, investors ask
Foreign chambers of commerce conducted a regular survey among investors.
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.
A firm’s owner can impede generational succession
Seven key ways to deal with transition of a family business.
Slovakia to open labour market to foreigners
The current rules for employing non-EU nationals will change in April.
Trade unionists and management of Kia carmaker agree on higher wages
They will sign the document on Tuesday, March 28.
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.
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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