The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (MPSVR) of the Slovak Republic presented a specific bill regulating the reduction of social benefits in the event that a person able to work refuses to work. The discussion on the withdrawal of social benefits began in the middle of last year.

The issue here? Roma. And the work that the ministry is proposing is very much in line to what is being done in Hungary, so called közmunka [communal / public work] meaning cheap labour based on 19^th century technology.

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• Rezort práce navrhuje krátenie sociálnych dávok za odmietnutie práce. Zmeny sú už v pripomienkovom konaní. In: RTVS. 08.01.2024. https://spravy.rtvs.sk/2025/01/rezort-prace-navrhuje-kratenie-socialnych-davok-za-odmietnutie-prace-zmeny-su-uz-v-pripomienkovom-konani/