Work permit for seasonal employment (Povolenie na zamestnanie sezónneho pracovníka)

What

Seasonal employment is an activity the performance of which takes not more than 180 days in the course of 12 consecutive months. This type of employment is linked to a certain period of the year during which there is an increased demand for work. Seasonal employment is common in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, industrial production, construction, or in accommodation and catering services.

Who

In Slovakia, seasonal work can be performed with temporary residence granted for the purpose of employment either on the basis of a work permit (max. 90 days in the course of 12 consecutive months) or on the basis of the possibility to fill a vacancy (max. 180 days in the course of 12 consecutive months). The work permit must be requested before filing the application for temporary residence for the purpose of seasonal employment at the local Labour Office and is preceded by the reporting of a vacancy at least 15 working days prior to the filing of the work permit application. The confirmation on the possibility to fill a vacancy is requested from the Labour Office directly by the Foreign Police Department after you have filed the application for temporary residence for the purpose of seasonal employment. Your future employer, however, is required to report the vacancy and the job description not later than 30 working days before filing the application for residence permit for the purpose of employment.

How

Employment permit (max. 90 days in the course of 12 consecutive months)

The employer wishing to employ you for seasonal work is required to inform the local Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, at least 15 working days before the filing of the work permit application, about the vacancies, their number and job description. You are required to attach to the work permit application filed by you or by your employer the following documents:

  • the written promise of employment or the labour contract;
  • the decision on the recognition of the qualification certificate or the certified copy of the certificate of the highest education attained;
  • the document confirming accommodation and health insurance, if you are a third country national who is not subject to the visa requirement;
  • the document proving the fact that the employer is not under any bankruptcy, liquidation or administration procedure and does not record any unsatisfied claims of employees arising from their employment in case the application was submitted by the employer.

Confirmation on the possibility to fill a vacancy (max 180 days in the course of 12 consecutive months)

Along with the application for permanent residence for the purpose of seasonal employment filed at the Foreign Police Department, you are required to submit, in addition to other documents also:

  • the written promise of employment with information on the labour contract or the labour contract;
  • decision on the recognition of the qualification certificate or the officially certified certificate of the highest education attained.

The Labour Office shall review whether the employer has met its tax and social insurance duties, whether it is not under the bankruptcy, liquidation or administration procedure, and whether it does not record any unsatisfied claims of employees arising from employment or has not breached the prohibition of illegal employment, etc.

When

The Labour Office shall grant a work permit within 20 working days from the delivery of the work permit application. The Labour Office shall grant or extend a work permit for the purpose of seasonal employment within ten working days, if you had already worked under the seasonal employment scheme in Slovakia.

NOTE: The work permit for the purpose of seasonal employment contains information about the rights and obligations of third country nationals related to seasonal employment.

Where

The authority competent to issue the confirmation on the possibility to fill a vacancy or to grant a work permit is the Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family within the territorial scope of which the job will be performed.