2015 Annual Review of Labour Relations and Social Dialogue Slovak Republic JUDR. MAREK ŠVEC, PHD. March 2016  The development of economic and legislative matters in the Slovak Republic in 2014-2015 may be marked as one of the most dynamic periods in the country’s history. Growth in GDP and employment, as well as falling unemployment, combined with an influx of new investments have created, to a certain extent, a prerequisite for a better mood among Slovaks, which was backed by the execution of many changes.  Some key structural reforms related to the election system, labour market, and educational system have been implemented, as well as changes in labour law relations and civil provisions with a direct impact on the Slovak economy. These changes also have had an impact on the protection of employees’ rights. It can be objectively stated that many of these reforms have been positive, aimed at improving the living standard of the population and their working conditions, though some measures were motivated – to a great degree – by the parliamentary elections to take place in March 2016.  Implementation of the so-called “social packages” and the strict defensive stand of Prime Minister Robert Fico towards Europe’s migration crisis have led to steady percentage of voters favouring Fico’s SMER-SD party and even to an increase during the last months of 2015.  Looking at the various political parties, there has been an ongoing split and atomisation of the parties on the right part of the political spectrum and/or formation of new liberal political parties. The new political party Sieť (Network) of the right-wing intellectual Radoslav Procházka and the Slovak-Hungarian right-wing party MOST-HID are considered to be the strongest opponents to SMER-SD. All the other conservative parties have been losing voters’ backing and oscillating just around the electoral threshold(5 per cent) to win parliamentary mandates.  Thus, the future political, economic and legal developments in the country will be largely influenced by the results of the parliamentary elections in March 2016.