PaedDr. Danica Lehocká, PhD. she is an adviser to the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Erik Tomáš, from November 2023. She completed university studies at the University of Konstantin Filozof in Nitra in the field of pedagogy and then a doctoral study in the field of social work. She started her professional career in the private sector in the field of public relations and human resources development. Since 2007, she has been working in the Department of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family in various positions within the Headquarters of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family, where since May 2012 she managed the labor section as the general director. During the state of emergency in the health sector, she temporarily worked in 2011 as an adviser and spokeswoman for crisis communication at the Bratislava University Hospital. From 2012 to the present, she also worked as an expert at the international level in twinning projects in Serbia, Croatia and Georgia, and at the national level as part of social dialogue projects as an expert for the state. Since 2014, she has also been the deputy mayor of the district town of Šaľa.