Statutory notice period
The minimum notice an employer must give. Contracts and collective agreements can lengthen it and only rarely shorten it, and the tenure bands are where cross-border assumptions usually go wrong.
Employer notice under the Labour Code, graded by ground and service. The employee's own notice is one month, or two once service has reached a year.
| Service | Employer notice | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Any dismissal, service under 1 year | 1 month | runs from the first day of the month after delivery to the end of a calendar month |
| Dismissal on other grounds, service of at least 1 year | 2 months | same month-end rule |
| Organisational or health grounds, service of 1 to 5 years | 2 months | same month-end rule |
| Organisational or health grounds, service of at least 5 years | 3 months | same month-end rule |
Organisational and health grounds mean winding-up or relocation of the employer, redundancy, and loss of long-term medical capability. Immediately consecutive fixed-term stints with the same employer count into service. An employee who leaves without serving the period owes compensation only where the contract agreed it.
Source: Výpovedná doba, § 62 znenie zákona, Lewik, full statutory text; Výpovedná doba, AKMV advokátska kancelária, quoting § 62. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Minimum paid annual leave
The statutory floor for paid holiday. The counting basis matters as much as the number, since some laws count a six-day week and others count working days or calendar weeks.
4 weeks per year.
Five weeks for employees who turn thirty-three that year and for those permanently caring for a child. Rendered in days, four weeks means twenty working days on a five-day pattern.
Source: § 103 ods. 1: základná výmera dovolenky, Ficek.sk legal advisory, quoting the provision; Dovolenka zamestnanca trvalo starajúceho sa o dieťa, KPMG Slovensko. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Probation limit
The longest trial period the law allows an employer to agree, together with the notice that applies while it runs.
| Group | Maximum |
|---|---|
| General employees | 3 months |
| Managers in the direct line of the statutory body | 6 months |
Notice while it runs: none; during the trial either side may end the employment in writing without reasons, normally delivered at least three days ahead.
Agreed in writing in the contract; the trial cannot be extended, except by law for time not worked through obstacles to work.
Source: Najčastejšie otázky o skúšobnej dobe, § 45, Ficek.sk legal advisory, quoting the provision. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Employer social contributions
What the employer pays on top of gross salary into statutory schemes. Some countries charge a percentage of pay, others charge flat amounts, and a single headline rate hides caps, regional rules and industry-rated items.
Figures apply for 2026.
| Scheme | Rate, per cent of pay | Charged on |
|---|---|---|
| Social insurance, employer (sickness, pension, disability, unemployment, short-time work, guarantee and reserve funds, accident)The accident component inside this total is charged without the ceiling. The cap equals eleven times the average wage of two years back. | 25.2 | pay up to 16,764 EUR per month |
| Health insurance, employerHalf rate of 5.5 per cent for employees with disabilities. A statutory minimum monthly advance applies at low pay. | 11 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
| Sum of the shares aboveRates unchanged for 2026; the consolidation package moved the employee side instead. | 36.2 |
Employees carry 14.4 per cent themselves after the 2026 health rise, withheld from gross pay.
Source: Odvody zamestnanca a zamestnávateľa od 1.1.2026, Podnikajte.sk; Cena práce v roku 2026, Finsider; Maximálny vymeriavací základ 2026, Jaspis; Odvody od januára 2026, Dôvera zdravotná poisťovňa. Checked on 2026-07-27.