Checks and penalties
Checks of illegal work and illegal employment are performed by:
- the labour inspectorates pursuant to Act No 125/2006 Coll.,
- Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and
- Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family pursuant to Act No 5/2004 Coll.
Natural persons, entrepreneurs and legal entities being inspected are obliged to provide the inspection authorities with the relevant data and information. (Section 5(3), (4) and (5) of Act No 82/2005 Coll.).
The inspection bodies are:
- authorised to impose a fine for illegal work of up to EUR 331 (Section 7(2) of Act No 82/2005 Coll.),
- obliged to impose a fine for violation of the prohibition of illegal employment in the amount of EUR 2 000 to EUR 200 000 (Section 19(2) of Act No 125/2006 Coll. and Section 68a (1) (b) of Act No 5/2004 Coll.).
Special sanctions - additional payments - may be imposed (pursuant to Section 7a of Act No 82/2005 Coll.) for illegal employment by a natural person, entrepreneur or legal entity of a person who is not a citizen of the European Union staying in the territory of Slovakia in violation of Act No 480/2002 Coll. and Act No 404/2011 Coll.
The liability for such additional payments may also pass to other persons - suppliers who participated in the supply of the goods, work or services in question (Section 7b of Act No 82/2005 Coll.).
In addition to fines, other sanctions may be imposed for illegal employment:
- exclusion from participation in public procurement,
- exclusion from entitlement to public subsidies;
- denial of funding from the European Union (from the ESF, etc.).