Unemployment of EEA/European Union citizens

What

Union citizens can work in Slovakia without a work permit or without the confirmation on the possibility to fill a vacancy. Union citizens and their family members enjoy the same status as Slovak citizens in employment relationships.

Who

If you are a Union citizen, you can be included at your request in the job seekers registry kept by the Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family. Provided that you meet the conditions arising from your inclusion in the job seekers registry, your public health insurance is paid by the state and you can also take use of the state´s active labour market schemes in the form of contributions. For more details see section Other unemployment support. You are eligible for the unemployment benefit paid by the Social Insurance Company only if you had unemployment insurance during at least two years in the course of the past three years before being included in the job seekers registry.

Where

A local office of the Social Insurance Company according to the place of your stay can be found here: www.socpoist.sk/kontakty–xly/48023s or contacted at (in English):

www.socpoist.sk/contacts/48749s

An Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family at the place of your stay can be found here (in Slovak): http://www.upsvar.sk/urady-psvr/kontakty-a-uradne-hodiny-uradov-prace-socialnych-veci-a-rodiny.html?page_id=112524

and (in English): http://www.upsvar.sk/urady-kontakty.html?page_id=287&lang=en

Bratislava, 813 63

Sociálna poisťovňa (Social Insurance Agency in Slovakia)

Ulica 29. augusta 8 a 10

Bratislava
T +421 906 171 989, +421 2 3247 1989

Bratislava, Slovenská Republika

Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny (Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family)

Špitálska 8

812 67 Bratislava
T +421 2 20 455 921