In Slovakia, the most popular measure to support the employment of young people with health problems or disabilities is a public subsidy for employers and for self-employment to establish sheltered workshops or sheltered workplaces and to cover the related running costs. Some social and work
Since 1 February 2004, new legislation on employment services has been coming into force in Slovakia, which has allowed the implementation of new active labour market policy measures and specialised employment services (SK0410102F [1]). Besides general measures aimed at helping job-seekers find
Improving the employment situation of people with disabilities is one of the highest social and political priorities in Slovakia. The government adopted a Joint Inclusion Memorandum in December 2003, in which it established with the European Commission the immediate priorities as regards the