Slovak Labor Ministry Prepares Law Against Fictitious Alternative Care Arrangements

Slovakia's Ministry of Labor is preparing legislation to combat fraudulent alternative care arrangements, according to government plans. The proposed law package will also include previously announced measures to withdraw child allowances from families whose children engage in truancy. The Labor Ministry, which oversees social services and family benefits in Slovakia's government system, has not yet detailed the specific mechanisms that would be used to identify and prevent fictitious care arrangements or how the truancy-related benefit cuts would be implemented.