Labour Code Slovak Republic - Slovakia Collection of Laws Years 2001 - 2012 Full Wording 1 Capitulation of the Slovak Labour Code – full wording (2012) FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES Articles 1 – 11 Part One GENERAL PROVISIONS Scope of the Labour Code § 1 – 6 Employer § 7 – 10 Employee § 11 Employees´ representatives § 11 a Employees´ representatives § 12 Prohibition of discrimination–Title is deleted with effect from 1 July 2004 § 13 Settlement of disputes § 14 Legal actions § 15 – 16 Invalidity of legal action § 17 Contract § 18 – 19 Securing of rights and obligations resulting from labour-law relations § 20 Employees‟ claims resulting from labour-law relations in the event of § 21 insolvency of employer Obligation to provide information § 22 Sections 23 to 26 are deleted with effect from 1 January 2004 § 23 – 26 Transfer of rights and obligations resulting from labour-law relations § 27 – 31 Agreement on disputed claims § 32 – 34 Death of employee § 35 Extinction of a right § 36 Calculation of time § 37 Delivery § 38 Interpretation of selected terms § 39 – 40 Part Two EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP Pre-contractual relations § 41 Employment contract § 42 – 44 Probationary period § 45 Establishing of employment relationship § 46 Obligations resulting from employment relationship § 47 Fixed term employment relationship § 48 2 Employment relationship with reduced working time § 49 – 50 Job sharing § 49a Section 51 is deleted with effect from 1 July 2003 § 51 Home work and telework § 52 Employee performing a clerical activity § 52a Conclusion of an employment contract with a pupil of a secondary § 53 vocational school or a vocational training centre Agreement on changes of working conditions § 54 Transfer to different work § 55 – 56 Business trip § 57 Temporary assignation § 58 - 58a - 58b Termination of employment relationship § 59 Agreement on termination of employment relationship § 60 Notice § 61 Period of notice § 62 Notice given by employer § 63 Prohibition of notice § 64 Section 65 is deleted with effect from 1 September 2007 § 65 Notice given by employee § 67 Immediate termination of employment relationship § 68 – 70 Termination of employment relationship concluded for a fixed period § 71 Termination of employment relationship within the probationary period § 72 Collective redundancies § 73 Participation of employees´ representatives at the termination §74 of employment relationship Employment evaluation and confirmation on employment § 75 Severance allowance § 76 Discharge benefit § 76a Claims from invalid termination of employment relationship § 77 – 80 Fundamental obligations of employee § 81 Fundamental obligations of executive employees § 82 Performance of another earning activity § 83 Restriction of earning activity after the termination of employment relationship § 83a Work rules § 84 3 Part Three WORKING TIME AND REST PERIODS Working time § 85 – 85a Even distribution of working time § 86 Uneven distribution of working time § 87 Working time account § 87a Flexible working time § 88 – 89 Beginning and end of working time § 90 Breaks at work § 91 Continuous daily rest § 92 Continuous weekly rest § 93 Rest days § 94 – 95 Work stand-by § 96 Work standby where flexible working time is implemented § 96a Compensation for lost time § 96b Overtime work § 97 Night work § 98 Documentation § 99 Paid holiday § 100 Annual paid holiday § 101 – 104 Basic scope of paid holiday § 103 – 104 Paid holiday in flexible working time § 104a Paid holiday for days worked § 105 Supplementary paid holiday § 106 – 107 Section 108 is deleted with effect from 1 January 2004 § 108 Reduced paid holiday § 109 Common provisions on paid holiday § 110 - 117 Part Four WAGES AND AVERAGE EARNING Wage § 118 – 119, Wage for equal work and for work of equal value § 119a Minimum wage claims § 120 Wage for overtime work § 121 Wage and wage compensation for public holiday § 122 Wage surcharge for night work § 123 4 Wage compensation for performed work in difficult conditions § 124 Wage for performing of other work § 125 Section 126 is deleted with effect from 1 September 2007 § 126 Wage in kind § 127 Wage in foreign currency § 128 Payment term of wage § 129 Payment of wage § 130 Wage deductions and order of deductions § 131 – 132 Standards for work inputs § 133 Average earning for labour-law purposes § 134 – 135 Part Five OBSTACLES TO WORK Obstacles for reasons of general interest – Title is deleted with effect from § 136 1 July 2003 Title is deleted with effect from 1 July 2003 § 137 Wage performance upon performance of public function and other action § 138 of general interest – title is deleted with effect from 1 September 2007 Obstacle to work due to volunteering activity § 138a Wage compensation upon discharge of compulsory military service and § 139 upon discharge of specialised training tasks in the armed forces Increasing qualification § 140 Substantive personal obstacles to work § 141 Temporary suspension of work performance § 141a Obstacles on the part of employer § 142 Obstacles to work in case of flexible working time § 143 Common provisions on obstacles to work § 144 Performance of work § 144a Reimbursement of expenses provided to employees in connection with the § 145 performance of work Part Six LABOUR PROTECTION Labour protection § 146 Obligations of employer § 147 Employees‟ rights and obligations § 148 Inspection carried out by trade union body § 149 5 Labour inspection § 150 Part Seven EMPLOYER´S SOCIAL POLICY Working conditions and living conditions of employees § 151 Employees‟ catering § 152 Education of employees § 153 – 155 Securing for employee upon temporary incapacity to work, in old age and § 156 – 157 employment upon return to work Employee with health disability § 158 – 159 Working conditions of women and men caring for children § 160 – § 162 Section 163 is deleted with effect from 1 September 2007 § 163 Arrangement of working time § 164 – 165 Maternity leave and parental leave § 166 – 169 Breaks for breast-feeding § 170 Working conditions for adolescent employees § 171 – 173 Prohibition of overtime work, night work and work stand-by § 174 Work prohibited to adolescent employees § 175 Medical preventative examination in relation to work § 176 Part Eight COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES Averting damages § 177 – 178 General accountability of employee for damages § 179 – 181 Accountability for a shortage in entrusted values which employee shall be § 182 – 184 obliged to account Employee‟s accountability for loss of entrusted articles § 185 Scope and manner of compensating for damages § 186 – 189 Section 190 is deleted with effect from 1 September 2007 § 190 General accountability of employer for damages § 192 Employer„s accountability for damage to deposited articles § 193 Employer„s accountability for averting damages § 194 Employer„s accountability for damages in case of occupational accident § 195 – 198 and occupational disease Sections 199 to 213 are deleted with effect from 1 January 2004 § 199 – 213 6 Section 214 is deleted with effect from 1 September 2009 § 214 Accountability for damages in certain special cases § 215 Section 216 is deleted with effect from 1 September 2007 § 216 Common provisions on employer‟s accountability § 217 – 219 Discharge of work tasks and direct relation to such discharge § 220 – 221 Unwarranted enrichment § 222 Part Nine AGREEMENTS ON WORK PERFORMED OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP Agreements on work performed outside employment relationship § 223 - 225 Work performance agreement § 226 Section 226a is deleted with effect from 1 July 2003 § 226a Agreement on temporary job of students § 227 – 228 Agreement on work activity § 228a Part Ten COLLECTIVE LABOUR-LAW RELATIONS Participation of employees in labour-law relations and its forms § 229 Trade union organisation § 230 - 232 Works council and works trustee § 233 Election of works council members, election of works trustee and term of § 234 - 236 office – Title is deleted with effect from 1 July 2003; Title in section 235 and 236 is deleted with effect from 1 July 2003 Negotiation - Title is deleted with effect from 1 July 2003 § 237 Right to information § 238 Control activity § 239 Conditions of activity of employees´ representatives and their protection § 240 The right to transnational information and negotiation § 241 - 243 Conditions for the setting up of a European Works Council or for § 243a establishing of other employees information and negotiation procedure Special negotiating body § 244 The agreement on the setting up of European Works Council § 245 The agreement on establishing other employees information and § 245a negotiation procedure 7 The European Works Council set up by law § 246 Composition of the European Works Council set up by law § 247 Information and negotiation of the European Works Council set up by law § 248 Information of representatives of employees of an employer in the territory § 249 of the Slovak Republic and the way of linking between the transnational and national levels Protection of information § 249a Protection of members of a special negotiating body, members of a § 250 European Works Council and representatives of employees carrying out other employees information and negotiation procedure Procedure in the change to the structure of the employer § 250a Part Eleven TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS Transitional provisions § 251 – 254 Final provisions § 254a Repeal provisions § 255 Entry into effect § 256 ANNEXES: Annex No. 1 Ratings of degrees of difficulty of work posts Annex No. 1a Types of retail sales whose performance may