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When deciding on issuing a work permit, the Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family is obliged to take into account also the current situation in the local labour market.
 

Situation on the Slovak labour market

If a foreigner applies for employment, the Labour Office is obliged to investigate existence of a citizen of the Slovak Republic fulfilling conditions for the vacant position in its register of unemployed persons. If such a job seeker is found, the Labour Office is obliged to prioritize the Slovak citizen over the foreign national.

The Labour Office regularly informs the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic about vacant positions for foreigners.

The Labour Office will grant a work permit to a foreign national only if the vacant position cannot be filled by a job seeker listed in the job seekers register.

The Labour Office will issue the applicant for work permit a confirmation about existence of a “free” position which is attached to the application as one of the annexes.

However, it is possible to employ a foreigner even in spite of unfavourable situation in the labour market, if an employer can justify the reason why it is important to employ this particular foreigner (it could be for instance specific abilities or language knowledge etc.).

The Labour Office always takes into account the situation in the labour market – aside from exceptions listed in Article 22 (5) of the Act No. 5/2004 Coll. on Employment Services (see below).

HOWEVER, SITUATION ON THE LABOUR MARKET IS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE FOLLOWING CASES: