Do you provide temporary employees to companies? Or are you planning to set up and operate a temporary employment agency (TEA)? Then this post is for you. Below, we outline the latest legislative changes that apply to temporary employment agencies.

As of 1 September 2025, major new rules for temporary employment agencies came into force. This is far more than a cosmetic update. The Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (ÚPSVaR) now assesses a number of additional requirements both when issuing permits and during ongoing supervision. The most important changes include verifying the reliability and integrity of the entity and the persons acting on its behalf, assessing clean criminal record, clearly specifying the premises where the agency will operate, and the obligation to demonstrate equity of at least EUR 30,000 on top of the company’s registered capital. In this article, we explain these changes in more detail.

These requirements apply not only when applying for registration, but must also be met throughout the entire validity period of the permit. For this reason, it is advisable to entrust the preparation of the required documentation to professionals. Which key areas should you keep under control under the amended rules?

Reliability

First and foremost, the focus is on reliability and good standing. ÚPSVaR now assesses the reliability of the agency, including individuals acting on its behalf (e.g., statutory representatives). An entity—whether legal or natural—will be considered unreliable if its permit to operate as a temporary employment agency has been revoked within the last three years. The same applies to a person who served as a statutory representative of an agency whose permit was revoked.

The clean criminal record requirement must also be met—where the applicant is a legal entity—by the natural person acting on behalf of the agency. ÚPSVaR verifies this condition using an extract from the criminal records register.

Registered office and financial requirements

Another important change is that a virtual registered office is no longer sufficient. In the application, you must state the address of real, physically accessible premises and submit either a lease agreement or the consent of all owners, including confirmation that the premises will be used for TEA purposes.

The application must also specify the scope of occupations at least by a four-digit code under the Statistical Classification of Occupations.

Perhaps the most significant change is the requirement for higher financial coverage than before. The agency must have equity of EUR 30,000 available throughout the entire permit period. For legal entities, registered capital will no longer be included in equity for these purposes. ÚPSVaR verifies compliance via the Register of Financial Statements. If your TEA permit was issued before 1 September 2025, you must meet this requirement no later than the end of 2026.

Electronic submissions only

And one final important note: since September, applications for permits can be submitted exclusively electronically via the slovensko.sk portal, and the application must be signed with a qualified electronic signature.

Ignoring the new requirements is not worth the risk. ÚPSVaR may suspend or revoke an already issued permit—not only following inspections by the authority, but also based on notifications from the labour inspectorate, an affected employee, or another competent authority.

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