According to a statement issued by the Labour Inspectorate (NLI), employers are limited in their ability to request information from employees about Covid-19 vaccination or testing results. Although the NLI statement is an opinion with little legal impact, this guidance interprets existing Slovak and EU regulations and brings clarity to the issue of when employers can request proof of vaccination or negative tests from employees. Furthermore, the NLI states that promoting vaccination against Covid-19 must be based on non- discriminatory principles in terms of labour law.
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