Eligible applicant
An employer is considered to be:
- a legal entity having its registered office or registered office in the territory of the Slovak Republic, or
- a natural person who has a permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic and who employs a natural person in an employment relationship or in a similar employment relationship
- organizational unit of a foreign legal entity or a foreign natural person with a processing-legal subjectivity,
- a legal person or natural person who carries out activities under the Employment Services Act.
For the purposes of the allowance, an employee shall be considered an employee:
- in an employment relationship with the date of commencement of work no later than 01.10.2021;
- to whom the employer (including SZČO, which is the employer) cannot assign work due to an obstacle on the part of the employer (§142 of the Labor Code).
An unauthorized applicant is also a limited liability company that has no employees.
The employer may apply for the allowance only for employees who are employed on the date of submission of the application and the statement for the award of the allowance and are not on notice. The allowance cannot be granted for the time during which the employee receives social security benefits or takes leave.
The employer may increase the number of employees during the provision of the allowance, but the allowance will not be provided for these employees.
During the provision of the allowance, the employer may not transfer an employee to whom he will claim the allowance for another establishment if the employer has more than one establishment.
The allowance cannot be provided for the time during which the employee receives social security benefits (PN, OČR) or takes leave.
Contribution conditions:
- only the entity that was established and started to operate on 01.10.2021 at the latest can be an applicant for a contribution;
- the employer cannot allocate work to the employee because of an obstacle on the part of the employer (§ 142 of the Labor Code), i.e. the employee is at home due to work barriers;
- the employee was employed since 01.10.2021 at the latest;
- payment of wage compensation pursuant to corresponding sections of the Labor Code.
- employees are not on notice or do not receive social security benefits, at date of submitting of application form employees are in employment relationship and no other wage / CCP contribution is provided per employee within the AOTP from the Labor Office, Social Affairs and Family
- did not draw an employee allowance under the project "Pracuj zmeň, svoj život" for the months for which he was paid a one-time allowance, as well as for the months of mandatory job retention;
- two calendar months following the calendar month for which the allowance is provided, does not terminate the employment relationship with the employee / employees by notice or agreement for the reasons stated in § 63 par. 1 letter a) and b) of Act no. 311/2001 Coll. Labour Code;
- one calendar month following the calendar month for which the allowance is provided and in which a state of emergency is declared, does not terminate the employment relationship with the employee / employees by notice or agreement for the reasons stated in § 63 par. 1 letter a) and b) of Act no. 311/2001 Coll. Labour Code;
- has fulfilled tax obligations pursuant to Act No. 595/2003 Coll. on Income Tax, as amended
- has fulfilled the obligations to pay an advance on public health insurance, social insurance and mandatory contributions to old-age pension savings;
- has not violated the prohibition of illegal employment for two years prior to the submission of an application for a contribution
- has no financial liabilities due to the Office
- is not in bankruptcy, liquidation, forced administration or does not have a payment schedule specified in a special regulation
- has no unsatisfied claims of its employees resulting from employment,
- has no legal penalty for the prohibition of receiving subsidies or subsidies or for the prohibition of receiving assistance and support provided by European Union funds in the case of a legal person;
- it is not entitled to repayment of aid on the basis of a previous Commission decision findng the aid to be illegal and incompatible with the internal market;
The drawing conditions as evidenced by the affidavit and the facts declared by the applicant can be subject to ex-post controls.
Note: The conditions for drawing the contribution must be met on the date of application.
Eligible expenses for the period February 2022
The contribution to cover part of the employee's wage costs for the time when the employee had an obstacle on the part of the employer in the amount of 80% of his total labor price, up to a maximum of EUR 1,100, is considered eligible expenditure.
Entry in the register of public sector partners
Valid for the eligible period of January and February 2022!
The applicant is obliged to ensure registration in the register of public sector partners according to Act no. 315/2016 Coll. on the Register of Public Sector Partners and on Amendments to Certain Acts, in the event that financial assistance in excess of EUR 100,000 is to be provided to it in January and / or February 2022 on the basis of an application / statement in the relevant month, or is the entity to which it is to be for the months of January and February 2022, total financial assistance exceeding EUR 250,000 was provided.