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The minimum wage in Slovakia increased by EUR 60 from 1 January 2020 | News Flash

7 Jan 2020

Increased minimum wage for 2020 was set by the Regulation of the Slovak Government No. 324/2019 Coll. The minimum wage was increased by EUR 60 to EUR 120 per month, depending on the degree of work difficulty.

An increase in the minimum wage in practice also means, for example, an increase in bonuses for night shifts or on-call duty.

Download it as a PDF or read more below.

The minimum wage will be EUR 580

The amount of minimum wage is increased from 1 January 2020 from the current EUR 520 to the amount of EUR 580. The hourly minimum wage increases from EUR 2.989 to EUR 3.333 per hour.

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Sample Calculation of Minimum Wage for Work with Difficulty Degree 1:

Calculation of minimum wage in 2019
in EUR
Calculation of minimum wage in 2020
in EUR
Difference 2019 vs. 2020
in EUR
Minimum wage amount 520 580 60.00
Social insurance – employee 48.88 54.52 5.64
Health insurance – employee * 16.8 23.2 6.4
Social insurance – employer 131.04 146.16  15.12
Health insurance – employer 52 58  6
Tax (applying the non-taxable part of the tax base) 23.98 25.54 1.56
Labour cost 703.04 784.16  81.12
Net Wage 430.34 476.74 46.40

*When calculating in 2019, it was assumed that the employee applies a deductible item to the health insurance upon his written request; where the deduction in case of wage of EUR 570 is equal to zero.

Increase in the minimum wage claim

We would also like to inform you that the increase in the minimum wage also means an increase in the minimum wage claim – depending on the degree of work difficulty (the characteristics of individual degrees of work difficulty are provided in Annex 1 of the Labour Code).

The employee’s wage also depends on the work complexity, responsibility and difficulty. For example, if an employee has material responsibility, he is entitled to a wage in the amount of at least 1.2 times the minimum wage, i.e. from 1 January 2020 a minimum of EUR 696.

For example, in the case of employees with the Difficulty Degree 6, where the minimum wage claim is calculated as 2 times the minimum wage, the minimum wage is increased from EUR 1,040 to EUR 1,160, i.e. an increase of EUR 120 per month.

Work Difficulty Degree Minimum wage coeficient Minimum wage claim 2018
in EUR
Minimum wage claim 2019
in EUR
Minimum wage claim 2020
in EUR
Increase in 2020
in EUR
Minimum hourly wage in 2020
in EUR
1 1 480 520 580 60 3.3333
2 1.2 576 624 696 72 3.9999
3 1.4 672 728 812 84 4.6666
4 1.6 768 832 928 96 5.3333
5 1.8 864 936 1044 108 5.9999
6 2 960 1040 1160 120 6.6666

Increase in bonuses

Increase in the minimum wage will also affect the amount of wage benefits for night shifts, on-call duty, Saturday work and Sunday work.

Overview of bonuses:

Bonus type Rate 2020 From minimum hourly wage
Night shifts 40% 1.33 EUR 3.3333 EUR
Saturday work 50% 1.67 EUR 3.3333 EUR
Sunday work 100% 3.33 EUR 3.3333 EUR
On-call duty

(outside the workplace)

20% 0.67 EUR 3.3333 EUR

* The Labour Code provides for exceptions

Increase in the minimum wage and its impact on bonuses in practice

Your employee works at an agreed hourly wage of EUR 5. If his regular planned shift for example lasts 7.5 hours, because he/she is working on shifts, it is Friday 3 July 2020, the employee earns a gross 5 x 7.5 hours = 37.50.

If his regular planned shift for example lasts 7.5 hours and it is Sunday 5 July 2020, the employer is obliged to pay him also the following bonuses:

Bonus for Sunday work in the amount of: 100% x 3.3333 x 7.5 hours = EUR 25

Bonus for holiday work in the amount of: 100% of the average hourly wage. This is determined from the previous quarter, so in our example, we will only estimate it at EUR 5.30 and grant a bonus of 100% x 5.30 x 7.5 hours = EUR 39.75

This means that if the employee works a proper shift on both Sunday and holiday, he/she shall earn more than EUR 102 (37.5 + 25 + 39.75), which is more by about EUR 65

For example, if an employee works in a shop and on Sunday, 5 July 2020, did not have a scheduled shift and works overtime because the employer decided to take an inventory, you need to pay an additional 25% of his average hourly wage for each hour worked as an overtime bonus, in this case it would be 25% x 5.30 x 7.5 = EUR 9.94, and therefore there will be by around EUR 75 more on his gross payslip (37.5 + 25 + 39.75 + 9.94).

Therefore, the employer’s contributions (taxes) of 35,2% must be added to the total labour costs, meaning the employer’s costs (of course, there may be exceptions in the amount of levies).

Tax bonus for dependent child

The increase in the minimum wage also affects the taxable income threshold for applying a tax bonus for dependent child. It is 6 times the minimum wage per year, therefore for 2020 it will be in the amount of EUR 3,480.

If an employee does not apply the tax bonus monthly but once a year in the annual accounts or tax return and will be temporarily incapable of work for such a period that he will not have the taxable income of at least EUR 3,480 in 2020, he/she will not be entitled to the tax bonus.

However, if the employee applies the tax bonus on a monthly basis, he/she will be entitled to a tax bonus in each month when he/she receives taxable income of more than EUR 290 and even if the taxable income does not reach EUR 3,480 for the entire taxation period, he does not have to refund the tax bonus.

CONTACT

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E-mail: Zuzana.Krajcova@accace.com

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