Factsheet for measure
SK-2022-23/2791
– measures in Slovakia
Subsidy to support humanitarian aid (inflation subsidy)
Dotácia na podporu humanitárnej pomoci (inflačná dotácia)
Background information
The measure was established in the Government Regulation No. 160/2022 and No. 228/2022 which amend the Government Regulation No. 103/2020 on some measures in labour, social affairs and family subsidies during the state of emergency announced in connection with COVID-19, established a new measure to mitigate negative consequences of inflation on certain population groups.
Content of measure
The measure refers to an ad-hoc subsidy of €100 to certain groups of population. The purpose is to provide financial support to vulnerable groups to cover increased living costs. Eligible is the physical person with permanent or temporary residency in the Slovak Republic who is either:
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a personal assistant provided personal assistance to the person with disabilities based on the agreement concluded between the assistant and his/her client and who provided assistance in the first quarter of the year 2022 for at least 12 hours,
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an informal caregivers providing homecare to a person with severe disability or to a person older than 80 years of age and not receiving care allowance,
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a person who reached 62 years of age not later than in May 2022 and receives pensions (such as retirement, early retirement, widow/widower, disability pension) or
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a person whose social insurance was paid by the state in May 2022 due to his/her care of a child with long-term adverse health condition aged from six years to 18 years.
The application for the subsidy can be sent to the local office of labour, social affairs and family (in the place of the person’s permanent or temporary residency) from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022. Application deadline 30 September 2022 applies to persons taking care of children with long-term adverse health condition as they were added to eligible groups later (on 28 June 2022) by the Government Regulation No. 228/2022.
Use of measure
No information are available.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
Public employment service
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
No involvement of social partners in designing, implementing and monitoring the measure.
Views and reactions
No information on reactions of social partners to the measure.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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T - Activities Of Households As Employers; Undifferentiated Goods- And Services-Producing Activities Of Households For Own Use
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T97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
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This case is occupation-specific
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Occupation (ISCO level 2)
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Personal care workers
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Sources
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11 May 2022: Dôvodová správa k Nariadeniu vlády č. 160/2022 - všeobecná časť
(rokovania.gov.sk)
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11 May 2022: Dôvodová správa k Nariadeniu vlády č. 160/2022 - osobitná časť
(rokovania.gov.sk)
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30 May 2022: Inflačná pomoc v sume 100 eur (Inflation subsidy of 100 euro)
(www.upsvr.gov.sk)
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01 June 2022: Nariadenie vlády č. 160/2022 (Government Regulation No. 160/2022)
(www.slov-lex.sk)
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28 June 2022: Nariadenie vlády č. 228/2022 (Government Regulation No. 228/2022)
(www.slov-lex.sk)
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28 June 2022: Nariadenie vlády č. 103/2020 (Government Regulation No. 103/2020 as amended)
(www.slov-lex.sk)
