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Seasonal workers holding a stay and work permit for seasonal work; the permit exists in two lengths, up to 90 days (this route) or up to six months.
Seasonal workers may work on the basis of a stay and work permit for seasonal work: up to 90 days, or up to six months.
A valid contract of employment is required and the worker must have been provided appropriate accommodation; both the contract and the accommodation must comply with Croatian regulations and the collective agreement binding the employer.
A stay and work permit for seasonal work may be granted to seasonal workers if they: 1. have a valid foreign travel document during the period of validity of a stay and work permit, 2. have a valid contract of employment, 3. have been provided appropriate accommodation, 4. are not considered threat for public policy, national security and public health, 5. have not been banned entry and stay in the EEA or the Republic of Croatia, or no alert has been issued in SIS for the purpose of forbidding their entry 6. proof that they have not been convicted by a final ruling of any criminal offences in their home country or a country where they resided for more than one year immediately prior to arriving in the Republic of Croatia. The conditions for granting a stay and work permit for seasonal work referred to in items 2 i 3 have to be in line with the regulations of the Republic of Croatia and the collective agreement binding for the employer.
What is distinctive: for seasonal employment of up to 90 days in agriculture, forestry, the hospitality industry or tourism, the stay and work permit may exceptionally be issued without a labour market test and without the opinion of the local Croatian Employment Service office.
Exceptionally, a stay and work permit may be issued without a labour market test and the opinion of the local service or office of the Croatian Employment Service in case of employment of a seasonal worker in agriculture, forestry, hospitality industry, and tourism in the duration of up to 90 days.
Seasonal employment with rights equal to Croatian citizens on terms of employment and working conditions (pay, dismissal, hours, breaks, leave, holidays, health and safety), union and strike rights, recovery of unpaid wages, social security branches under Regulation 883/2004, access to goods and services other than housing, public employment counselling, education and vocational training, recognition of qualifications, and tax benefits where treated as tax-resident. An extension may be with the same or another employer; family accompaniment is not stated.
Seasonal workers shall have the rights equivalent to those of Croatian citizens with regard to the following: 1. terms of employment, including the minimum working age, and working conditions, including salary and termination of a contract of employment, working hours, breaks, leaves, holidays and non-working days, as well as health and safety requirements at the workplace, and the protection of rights arising from the employment relationship in line with the general labour legislation 2. right to participate in strikes and industrial actions, freedom to organise in trade unions and be members of trade unions or any other professional organisation, as well as the rights and benefits conferred by those organisations, including the right to collective bargaining and to conclude collective agreements 3. late payments to be paid by the employer in relation to outstanding remuneration, if any, to a third-country national 4. branches of social security, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 5. access to goods and services and the supply of goods and services made available to the public, other than housing, without prejudice to the freedom to conclude agreements in accordance with the Union and national law 6. counselling services on seasonal work provided by the competent public employment service 7. education and vocational training 8. recognition of diplomas, certificates and other professional qualifications in line with the legislation governing the recognition of foreign professional qualifications 9. tax benefits, insofar as the seasonal worker is deemed to have temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia for tax purposes.
Seasonal workers may work in the Republic of Croatia on the basis of a stay and work permit for seasonal work up to six months a year. After that, they have to leave the Republic of Croatia. Seasonal workers may once in a six month period a year extend their stay and work permit for seasonal work with the same or some other employer. The application for the extension of a stay and work permit for seasonal work is submitted at a police administration/police station no longer than 15 days before the current permit expires.
This seasonal permit runs for up to 90 days; seasonal work permits allow at most six months a year in Croatia in total, after which the worker must leave, and a permit may be extended once within the six-month period, with the same or another employer, by applying at the police no later than 15 days before the current permit expires.
Seasonal workers may work in the Republic of Croatia on the basis of a stay and work permit for seasonal work up to six months a year. After that, they have to leave the Republic of Croatia. Seasonal workers may once in a six month period a year extend their stay and work permit for seasonal work with the same or some other employer. The application for the extension of a stay and work permit for seasonal work is submitted at a police administration/police station no longer than 15 days before the current permit expires.
Seasonal workers may work on the basis of a stay and work permit for seasonal work: up to 90 days, or up to six months.
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