A recent initiative would allow employers in Slovakia to offer
employees days off for, and following vaccination and a financial
incentive to get vaccinated, but raises potential data protection
and discrimination issues.
A recent proposed amendment to the Slovakian Labour Code aims to
increase motivation to be vaccinated against COVID-19. To achieve
this goal, the new legislation should free employers to incentivise
employees to be vaccinated and allow them to provide employees
with:
- leave on the day of vaccination;
- one to five days additional post-vaccination leave; and
- a financial contribution up to EUR 275.
The move comes at a time when efforts to speed up vaccination
are plateauing, both among employees and in the general population,
at a time when people are returning from leave and children are
entering school and with a rapidly unfolding third wave of the
pandemic.
