On October 7th, 2021, the Government of the Slovak Republic passed the draft bill provided for an increase in the minimum wage as of January 1^st in the following manner:

• Monthly minimum wage is to reach the amount of €646
• Hourly minimum wage is to reach the amount of €3.713

Comparison of minimum wage in 2021 and 2022:

An overview of minimum hourly wage under various shift regimens:

MINIMUM WAGE AND ITS IMPACT ON MINIMUM WAGE ENTITLEMENTS AS OF JANUARY 1^st, 2022

An employer whose employee compensation is not negotiated in a collective agreement shall be obliged to provide the employee with a wage at least in the amount of the minimum wage entitlement determined for the labour difficulty rating of the respective employment position.

It simultaneously results from the above that the employer must classify each position under a specific category of labour difficulty rating, which depends on the complexity,  responsibility  and laboriousness of work in compliance with the labour difficulty rating characteristics as provisioned by the Annex no 1. of the Labour Code.

Note:  Only employees working under regular employment contract shall be entitled to minimum wage pursuant to labour difficulty ratings above. Employees working under an agreement outside the scope of employment contract shall only be entitled to the minimum wage.

Mechanism for determining minimum wage entitlements for 2022:

In comparison to 2021, the change in the calculation of minimum wage entitlements in 2022 will mean that for each level of work difficulty, the minimum wage entitlement will increase by €23.

Hourly minimum wage entitlement for a particular degree of labour difficulty rating with 40 work hours per week shall be calculated as 1/174 from the minimum wage entitlement calculated for employees remunerated with monthly wage.

An overview of minimum wage in 2021 and 2022 depending on the degree of labour difficulty rating:

For the sake of comparison, we present thew overview of minimum wage in 2021 and 2022 depending on the degree of labour difficulty rating with working time comprising 40 work hours per week.

WAGE BENEFITS FROM 1.1.2022

Below, we provide the introduced amounts of wage supplements effective from 1 January 2022:

Minimum amount of hourly wage supplements in 2022 determined as a fixed amount:

* In case of regular performance of work on Saturday, Sunday, and overnight there a possibility to agree on a lower amount of wage supplement