Free Online Courses via the Labor Office

Are you unemployed and registered at the Labor Office?
Or are you employed and would like to retrain, upgrade your qualifications and expertise, or perhaps find a new, better-paid job?

Our accredited online courses are reimbursed in full (100%). As the only company in Slovakia, we provide accredited and certified online courses.

We will help you obtain funding for our online courses free of charge through the new national project Skills for the Labor Market. We will give you access to all our accredited online courses.

Or are you an employer who would like to offer your employees the benefit of free online courses and save on education and training costs?
It is important to note that training can take place anytime by agreement, even outside of working hours. You can literally get free courses for your employees if you recommend them to register via this form.

Who is the Skills for the Labor Market Project for?

  1. Unemployed (Registered Job Seekers)
  2. Employed (Currently Working)
  3. Anyone who wants to improve their position on the labor market
  4. Anyone who wants to avoid losing their job
  5. Anyone who wants to change jobs and needs new knowledge and skills
  6. Anyone whose current employer requires new skills
  7. Anyone who needs to broaden their knowledge in the field they want to work in

Priority is given to disadvantaged applicants:

  1. Citizens under 26 and over 50 years old
  2. Long-term unemployed
  3. People with lower than secondary vocational education
  4. Single parents
  5. People with disabilities

Note: Retraining courses do not apply to sole traders (active trade license), business owners (executives), full-time students, and other self-employed persons.

Conditions for reimbursement of retraining courses

You meet the conditions if:

  1. You are registered at the Labor Office (ÚPSVaR)
  2. If you are not registered, register as a Job Seeker (ZoZ)
  • Specific conditions may vary slightly from office to office, so it’s best to confirm with your local Labor Office.

Application process for Skills for the Labor Market courses

The conditions are the same for all options:

  1. Fill out the following form or email us at info@vita.sk to express interest in free online courses via the Labor Office
  2. Register at the Labor Office and complete the application for inclusion in the register of job seekers (download below)
  3. At the Labor Office or electronically, complete Request Part 1 (A) for the Labor Office
  4. We, as the Provider of retraining, process Request Part 2 (B), which we will send you by post
  5. Submit both Part 1 (A) and Part 2 (B) to the Labor Office in person or by post as soon as possible
  6. The Labor Office has 21–30 days to approve the request
  7. According to the dates on the approved request, we will agree on a start and completion date
  8. After completion, we as the provider will issue all necessary documents (invoice, certificate) and confirmation of course completion, which we will send to you
  9. Immediately after completing the course, submit the completed documents and reimbursement request to the Labor Office.

The reimbursed amount, based on our experience, is from €900 to €1200 including VAT. Our courses are accredited, which means 100% of the course fee is reimbursed. For unemployed applicants, funding is allocated up to about €900 including VAT, and for employed applicants up to about €1200 including VAT.

You therefore don’t have to pay anything extra, and you’ll also keep access to online courses even after the retraining ends. In total, you can continue learning for up to 1 full year for free.

Video guide for retraining courses via the Labor Office

Currently, through the Skills for the Labor Market project we provide our accredited online courses. We give you one-year access to all our online courses. All important information about retraining courses through the Labor Office is explained in the following video.

Forms for registration with the Labor Office

Options for submitting the registration form (For Unemployed):

  1. In person ➡ Application for inclusion in the register of job seekers (DOCX) – for paper communication with the office
  2. Electronically via slovensko.sk ➡ Application for inclusion in the register of job seekers (PDF) – for electronic communication with the office
  3. By post ➡ Application for inclusion in the register of job seekers (DOCX) – for paper communication with the office

Options for submitting the registration form (For Employed):

  1. In person ➡ Application for inclusion in the register of job applicants (DOCX) – for paper communication with the office
  2. Electronically via slovensko.sk ➡ Application for inclusion in the register of job applicants (DOCX) – for electronic communication with the office
  3. By post ➡ Application for inclusion in the register of job applicants (DOCX) – for paper communication with the office

Download the required form depending on how you want to communicate with the Labor Office.

Forms for reimbursement of online courses through the Labor Office

New request forms for reimbursement of online courses through the Labor Office are available for download.

There are 2 activities and types of forms:

  1. Unemployed and unemployed youth
  2. Employed (job applicants)

Request forms for Unemployed and Unemployed Youth

  1. A. APPLICATION FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT RETRAINING OF A JOB SEEKER
  2. B. CONFIRMATION BY THE RETRAINING PROVIDER OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF RETRAINING

Request forms for Employed

  1. A. APPLICATION FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT EDUCATION OF A JOB APPLICANT
  2. B. CONFIRMATION BY THE EDUCATION PROVIDER OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF EDUCATION

Here you can find the list of course packages for the Labor Office.

Don’t forget to bring and fill out the form for the Labor Office in advance (it can also be filled out on-site), which will save you time and possibly an extra visit.

We also recommend bringing a printed job offer (for example from Profesia.sk or another Slovak job portal), which you could (hypothetically) respond to and apply for after completing the course.

Let us know at info@vita.sk which online courses you are interested in.

Frequently asked questions

The national project Skills for the Labor Market offers the opportunity to obtain free financial support for accredited online courses, education, or retraining. It is the first project of its kind designed for both the unemployed and the employed.

The national project Skills for the Labor Market reimburses 100% of the cost of our accredited online courses. Other and non-accredited courses are reimbursed at a rate of 60-80%.

Our courses have already helped over 1,000 applicants find jobs. In addition, our courses are accredited by the Ministry of Education. Courses/packages implemented on the basis of accreditation by the Ministry of Education will be reimbursed at 100%. As we are the only company with accredited online courses, you will be reimbursed 100% by the ÚPSVaR.

 

If you apply for reimbursement from another educational company that is not accredited by the Ministry of Education, the ÚPSVaR will only reimburse 60-80%, and you will have to pay the remaining amount from your own financial resources.

4. Up to what amount does the ÚPSVaR reimburse courses for the Skills for the Labor Market project?

One applicant may receive support under this project a maximum of two times. If an applicant expresses interest in a second grant, preference will be given to training that follows on from the previous course. The second grant may only be awarded after the obligations arising from the first agreement concluded with the Labor Office have been fulfilled.

We personally recommend choosing training with us when submitting a second application. If you apply for a grant with us twice, you can study for two years free of charge.

However, it is not possible to submit two applications at the same time (in parallel). First, the first application must be submitted, approved, and completed correctly. Then another application can be submitted to the Labor Office.

The application form is available from the Office of Labor, Social Affairs and Family. The application for the subsidy must be submitted to the relevant ÚPSVaR no later than 30 calendar days before the start of the course. If the Office of Labor approves your application, it will conclude an agreement with you on the basis of which it will pay for your training course.

Yes, this project is intended for unemployed people, but also for employed people who are at risk of losing their jobs.

Yes, it is possible. Provided that the person is still registered as a job seeker. People on maternity leave are considered employed. Full-time students, sole traders, and entrepreneurs do not have this option.

In this case, confirmation of termination or suspension of business is required. If the business is still active, it is not possible to apply for the Skills for the Labor Market project. The project is not intended for sole traders and other self-employed persons.

You can choose from our prepared packageshttps://www.vita.sk/online-kurzy-urad-prace-zrucnosti-pre-trh-prace/ in the areas of Programming, Marketing and Advertising, SAP and ABAP, Graphics and Design, IT Administration, Management and Office packages of online courses, which we can list at your request. Each package includes the number of course hours, price, content, and which courses are included in the package.

 

Programming, testing, and SAP/ABAP courses are very popular. Courses for analysts, IT and project managers, and automation specialists are also in high demand.

The duration of the course/package depends on which package you choose. The average length of accredited courses is 16 days (139 hours of quality education). You can choose from our prepared packages, where you will find the number of hours of the course, the price, the content, and what courses are included in the package.

Our online courses have already helped over 1,000 applicants find jobs. In addition, our online courses are accredited by the Ministry of Education. We will be happy to advise, guide, and support you on your path to a successful career.

 

The employment rate of our participants through similar projects such as REPAS and KOMPAS has been an amazing 91% in the past. It is possible to find employment in international/corporate companies as well as in public administration. Graduates also find employment in technology companies or start out as freelancers. Some graduates have even started their own businesses and founded their own companies.

 

Come learn with us and get started on a new job!

There is an additional fee for obtaining professional titles such as BBA, MBA, MSc, DBA, or MPA. In the case of courses reimbursed through the Labor Office, you will be reimbursed up to approximately €900 including VAT for unemployed persons and up to approximately €1,000 including VAT for employed persons. It is therefore possible to pay extra for the remainder and obtain a professional title. You can choose from the following educational programs: Online Courses, Training Courses, Job Positions.

As a grant applicant, you do not pay anything in advance. The Employment Office will reimburse you for the course after you have completed it.

Don’t forget to bring and fill out the form for the Employment Office in advance (it can also be filled out on site), which will save you time and possibly one visit.

 

We also recommend bringing a printed job offer (e.g., from Profesia.sk or another job portal) to which you could (hypothetically) respond and apply after completing the course.

 

Our courses are the only ones accredited in the form of online education (distance learning), which allows for 100% reimbursement of the course, meaning you don’t have to pay anything extra. The Labor Office mainly approves accredited courses.

If you took courses while employed and lost your job during your education, you do not need to register with the Employment Office immediately. You will be self-employed for health insurance purposes, and the Employment Office will reimburse you for the courses. You must submit all the documents required by the Labor Office (certificate + invoice) to us, and only on the following day can you register with the Labor Office. This is the most reasonable solution so that the Labor Office will reimburse you for the courses and you will not have to pay for them yourself.

 

If you took the courses while unemployed and found a job during your training, you must inform us in advance. We recommend that you inform your employer that you will start work immediately after completing your training. This is again the most sensible solution so that the Labor Office will reimburse you for the courses and you will not have to pay for them yourself. Be careful not to get a job without informing us or the Labor Office. The Labor Office would consider this a failure to meet/violation of the conditions and you would have to pay for the courses yourself without any contribution.