Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Slovakia to combat illegal labour from Serbia

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As the number of Serbian illegal workers in Slovakia has increased,. Slovakia and Serbia should cooperate more in information exchange on labor market, Slovak Labour, Social Affairs and Family Minister Jan Richter said after talks with Serbian Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin on Monday.

"Several agencies are attempting to circumvent the legislation in Slovakia by setting up branches in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Serbia and Romania in order to mediate workers to be sent to Slovakia," stressed Richter.

Officially, close to 6,000 Serbian nationals currently work in Slovakia, most of whom were via staff leasing agencies.

Vulin said that his government would like to see Serbians remaining to work in their country, but conceded that everyone has the right to work abroad. "Illegal work can't be entirely uprooted, but it's possible to reduce it, and this is what we're currently working on," added Vulin.


Serbian journalist Dragan Krsnik was the first person putting attention to the problem of illegal labor in Slovakia. He worked incognito for three months in allegedly dire conditions at the Samsung plant in Galanta in west Slovakia.

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