As in other countries, COVID-19 has fundamentally affected Slovakia in its day-to-day operations in various areas of society. Following the restrictive actions, the governments took measures to support the economy, which were primarily aimed at mitigating the negative consequences caused by the declared state of emergency. In this paper, we deal with the effects of crises on employment and unemployment, which have also affected the Slovak Republic in recent years, with the main emphasis on the effects of the current pandemic crisis. The main goal of this paper is to present and evaluate the development of employment and unemployment in Slovakia in times of crisis, which arose in the period of 2007-2021, with emphasis on the current global pandemic. To achieve the stated goal of the following complementary scientific research methods were used: abstraction/concretization, analysis/synthesis, induction/deduction, comparison and statistical methods – time series analysis of elementary characteristics. The research techniques that were used were the collection and analysis of indicators, as well as observations. Based on the research results, conclusions and recommendations in the area of aid measures intended to preserve jobs and to support self-employed persons were proposed. The recommendations also include the inclusion of increased Ukrainian job applicants caused by the war.