Foreigners increasingly circumvent the Labour Code. The Association of Industrial Unions and Transport calls for

More and more foreigners from third countries are purposefully applying for a business permit instead of an employment permit. This is claimed by the Association of Industrial Unions and Transport (APZD).

By doing so, according to it, they threaten Slovak craftsmen, whose services are irreplaceable for industry as well as for ordinary citizens. The topic is, according to the association, urgent and deserves attention.

„It is important to regulate the number of foreign labour working in the form of self-employed persons and to focus on the agencies that freely offer their work,“ claim the representatives of the Slovak industry.

They circumvent the Labour Code

According to them, foreign self-employed persons in reality perform dependent work, which is circumventing the Labour Code and effectively illegal employment. At the same time, it is easier for a citizen from a third country to move further on into the European Union as a self-employed person.

Employers in Slovakia have long felt a shortage of labour. They try to solve it also through workers from third countries, whose number is growing, and while the share of persons with an employment permit is decreasing, the number of applications for temporary residence for the purpose of business, on the contrary, is rising. According to the association, persons with an employment permit voluntarily switch to business.

Several motivating reasons

Several reasons motivate them. Firstly, obtaining a business permit is fundamentally easier and faster compared to employment permits.

The number of business permits issued is also not affected by the situation on the labour market and there is no regulation here. The income of self-employed persons is at the same time exempt from contributions to the Social Insurance Agency in the first year, and only a minimal contribution to the health insurance company is paid. The conditions of the Labour Code also do not apply to self-employed persons.

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