After Brexit, British citizens will be with regard to their stay in Slovakia considered as third country nationals. Those British citizens who will not apply for registration of the right of residence of EU citizen before a no-deal Brexit, will have…
Joint and several liability of the members of the statutory body of the public sector partner, new criteria for determination of the value of benefits from a contract as well as verification of ultimate beneficial owners whenever, even without…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered a landmark judgment in Case C-55/18 Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras v Deutsche Bank (the "Judgement") in relation to recording of employees' daily working time. On its basis,…
The National Council of the Slovak Republic has adopted an amendment to the Commercial Code, which enacts new rules in relation to remuneration of members of board of directors, supervisory board and certain individuals in the top management of…
The strict regulation on the transfer of agricultural land has been annulled by the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic (the “Constitutional Court”) after an almost 4 years debate on its legality. In practice, the findings of the…
Legislative changes, which should simplify evidencing of authenticity of certain public documents such as birth certificate, marriage certificate or death certificate, have come into force. Neither the Apostille nor official translation of these…
In addition to modifying the whistleblower protection system, the law has also introduced obligations for employers concerning the internal system of notice´s verification.
Among the most significant changes introduced by an amendment of the Trademark Act effective as of 14 January 2019, is the revocation of the conditions for expression of the trademark in graphic form. The trademark can be expressed in any…
In essence, the draft amendment consists mainly of introduction of a special regime to the enforcement and guarantees of rights arising from consumer contracts. According to the Constitutional Court, the previous legal regime showed asymmetry on the…
Cadastral Act Amendment comes into force on 1 October 2018. The amendment relates to, among other things, the requirements of the application to the Cadastre and changes in cadastral proceedings, cadastral data, statutory period and correction of…
An amendment to the Act on Employment Services will enter into force at the beginning of May, that among other things introduces changes to the conditions of employment of third-country nationals.
On March 15, the amendment to the Act on on Prevention of Legalization of Income from the Criminal Activity and Terrorist Financing (the “AML Act”) came into effect. It transposes the 4th AML directive.
