Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Slovakia

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) (Ratification: 1993)
Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) (Ratification: 1993)

In order to provide a comprehensive view of the issues relating to the application of ratified Conventions on wages, the Committee considers it appropriate to examine Conventions Nos 26 (minimum wage) and 95 (protection of wages) together.

A. Minimum wage

Article 3 of Convention No. 26. Minimum wage-fixing machinery. Consultation of the social partners. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes that the Government’s report indicates that the mechanism to adjust the minimum wage, when social partners cannot reach an agreement on the yearly adjustment, was amended in 2021. Section 8 of the Minimum Wage Act now provides that, where agreement between the social partners cannot be reached, including within the ESC, the monthly minimum wage for the following calendar year will be 57 per cent of the average monthly nominal wage of an employee, as published by the Statistical Office two years prior to the calendar year for which the minimum wage is determined. The Government states that this mechanism only applies if representative associations of employers and workers do not agree on the amount of the minimum wage for the relevant calendar year. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the consultations that took place with the social partners before the adoption of the abovementioned amendments of the Minimum Wage Act.

B. Protection of wages

Article 2 of Convention No. 95. Scope of the Convention. The Committee notes that, pursuant to section 2 of the Labour Code, as amended, the civil service is only covered by the Labour Code where so stipulated by a special regulation. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the remuneration of civil servants is protected under the Labour Code or other special regulations, and to provide information on the specific provisions ensuring the protection of the wages of such workers under the Convention.

Article 15(d). Maintenance of adequate records. In the absence of up-to-date information on this matter, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the provisions in laws or regulations that provide for the maintenance, in all appropriate cases, of adequate records in an approved form and manner, in accordance with Article 15(d).