Abstract:

The article focuses on the current problems related to the unemployment in the Slovak Republic. Based on a blended descriptive-analytical approach to data on unemployment, the article critically reflects the employment policy of both the European Union and Slovakia and points to certain problems that arose together with fundamental changes in several sectors of the economy, namely the mismatch between peoples’ skills and vacancies offered and pertaining regional disparities in Slovakia. In its first part, the article deals with brief delineation of the phenomenon of unemployment and its types. Consecutively, the next section focuses on the economic and social consequences of unemployment in Slovakia. Furthermore, article offers an overview and analysis of unemployment in Slovakia based on selected demographic factors.