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Staff - Slovenia

Updated 04/2010

Legal requirements

The legislation which regulates staff management includes various acts.

  • Employment Relationships Act slovenščina
  • Employment and Work of Foreigners Act slovenščina
  • Regulations on social insurance pdf [1 MB] slovenščina

Conditions of Employment

Both social partners will sign an agreement on the wage adjustment method and reimbursement of expenses related to work and other personal income of workers.

  • Collective Agreement on wage adjustment, reimbursement of expenses related to work and other personal incomes pdf slovenščina

 The Minimum Wage Act defines a minimun wage per month. Since 1 March 2010 the minimum wage has been gross € 734.15 and net € 562.00.

  • Minimun Wage Act (ZDMP) slovenščina
  • Accountant slovenščina

 Full-time employment means at least 36 and no more than 40 working hours per week. .

  • Fixed-term employment contract slovenščina
  • Termination of employment slovenščina

 A worker who retires shall be entitled to severance pay in the amount of at least two average monthly wages during the last 3 months.

The employees have right to strike as laid down in detail in the Strike Act    .

  • Strike Act pdf [72 KB] slovenščina

The rights of workers to participate in management are regulated by:

  • Worker Participation in Management Act slovenščina
  • Act on Worker Participation in European Public Limited-liability Company Management slovenščina

Employment Contracts

The relationship between the employer and employee shall be regulated by a contract.   There are various contracts, but the most common are gainful employment contracts on a full-time or part-time basis, which may be concluded for an indefinite period of time or under certain conditions for a defined period.

  • Components of the employment contract slovenščina

 A Jobbing Contract is a contract between a worker, who undertakes to carry out a certain job, and the Employer, who undertakes to pay for this job.

 A Management contract is a contract under civil law which presents a basis for a manager/director to exercise the functions of company's manager, although he is not an employee of that company.

  • Employment relationships slovenščina

In accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the employer is among other things obliged to provide for periodical medical examinations of the employees.

  • Occupational Safety and Health Act slovenščina

Employment of foreigners

The employment of foreigners is regulated by the Employment and Work of Foreigners Act .

Foreign workers from European Union Member States and from Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Switzerland do not need a work permit, as they enjoy the same rights and obligations as national workers. The employer must register the employed foreign worker within 10 days from commencing work.

  • Employment and Work of Foreigners Act slovenščina
  • Regulation Establishing the Work Permits Quota for 2008 pdf [82 KB] slovenščina

There are minimum social rules to follow, especially about non-discrimination, gender equality and health and safety.

Administrative procedures

Commencement and termination of the employment contract

The commencement and the termination of the work is defined by the Employment relationships Act.         

  • Employment Relationships Act slovenščina

The information and forms relating to employment are on the Website of the Employment Service of Slovenia (ZRSZ). At the latest 8 days before employment, the employer who recruits workers has to report the vacancies personally, by post or electronically, to any office of the Employment Service of Slovenia (ESS), using form PD-1.    The employer needs a certified form PD-1 to register the worker for the obligatory insurances before commencing work.

  • Information for employers msw8 slovenščina
  • Employment Service of Slovenia slovenščina
  • Form PD - 1 slovenščina Online government service

Information on regulations and forms relating to employment are available electronically on the e-Services Website of the ESS:

  • E-Storitve ZRSZ slovenščina Online government service

The employer is obliged to register the worker for the obligatory pension, invalidity, health and unemployment insurance. Registration must be done using form M-1, directly or by post, at the registration/deregistration office of the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia, no later than 8 days from the commencement of work.

  • ZZZS – Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (HIIS) slovenščina

The Employment Relationships Act also regulates the termination of an employment contract which may be done on the basis of a 'notice of termination of the employment contract' by the worker or by the employer. The employer may terminate the employment contract by regular notice or by extraordinary notice, if the worker is acting in breach of obligations deriving from the employment contract or for some other reason.      The deregistration will be done on form M-2 at the HIIS (ZZZS).

  • Form M-1, M-2, M-1/M-2, M-1A slovenščina Online government service

Social security contributions

The employers may apply for or cancel the social insurance for their employees through the e-uprava (e-Administration) Web portal.

  • e-services slovenščina Online government service
  • Application for Social Insurance slovenščina Online government service
  • Cancellation of Social Insurance slovenščina Online government service

 The e-VEM Web Portal is the OSS portal which offers to employers access free of charge to the forms for social insurance and for recording in the Court- or Tax Register.

  • e-VEM slovenščina Online government service

Employers are liable to pay the social security contributions relating to the gross amount of the wage or the wage compensation in accordance with the regulations on employment relationships.

  • Social Security Contributions Act slovenščina

Reimbursement of wage contributions

An employer who employs an unemployed person with a high level of education, who is younger than 26 and is registered with the Employment Service, shall be entitled to a reimbursement of the wage contributions. For this purpose the employer has to file with the Employment Service an employment contract concluded with that person.    The Employment Service will check the Contract and issue the certificate, which must be enclosed with the employer's documentation, which must include designation of the time-period of employment, and submitted to the Tax Administration of the Republic of Slovenia together with the application for the reimbursement of the paid wage contributions.

The forms for the reimbursement of wage contributions are available on the e-VEM Web Portal .

  • e-VEM slovenščina Online government service

Work permits for foreign workers

You must apply for a work permit if a foreign worker is not from the European Union Member States or from Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Switzerland. All information is available on the State Portal of the Republic of Slovenia.

  • State Portal of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina

A foreign worker must fill in the prescribed form of application for a work permit and file it with the Employment Service of Slovenia.

  • Employment and Work of Foreigners Act slovenščina
  • Rules on work permits, registration and deregistration of work, and the control of employment and work performed by foreigners slovenščina

 The registration of employment for a foreign worker is a mandatory condition and it is valid for all foreign workers who are employed to work in Slovenia.

The responsible person for the registration of a foreign worker is:

  • the employer who concluded the employment contract or some other type of contractual relationship;
  • a foreign employer, who sent his employee to work in Slovenia;
  • a self-employed foreigner.

For the employment of foreign workers who are not from the EU, EEA or Swiss Confederation, special forms must be filled in, and they are available on the Employment Service of Slovenia websites:

  • Employment Service of Slovenia slovenščina
  • Employment and Work of Foreigners slovenščina
  • Rules on Work Permits for Foreigners slovenščina
  • Forms for the work of foreign workers slovenščina Online government service

Keeping Records

 The Labour and Social Security Registers Act (ZEPDSV)  lays down the types and contents of the 'records of persons' in the field of labour and social security, the manner of data collection, manner of entry in registers and integration of records.

  • Labour and Social Security Registers Act slovenščina
  • Employment Service of Slovenia slovenščina

Termination

The  employment contract may be terminated within the period of notice on the basis of a 'notice of termination of the employment contract' by the worker or by the employer. The employer may terminate the employment contract by regular notice or by extraordinary notice, if the worker is acting in breach of obligations deriving from the employment contract or for some other reason. If the notice of termination is given by a worker, the period of notice is at least 1 month and no more than 3 months.  If the notice of termination is issued by an employer, the period of notice is at least 30 days and no more than 120 days, depending on how long the worker was employed.

  • Employment Relationships Act slovenščina

Resources

 The vacancy may be published on the Internet, which is where you also can look for potential employees.

  • e-Services of the Employment Service of Slovenia slovenščina

The information and the forms relating to employment are available to the employers and employees on the Employment Service of Slovenia (ZRSZ) Website.

  • Information for employers msw8 slovenščina

Assistance for searching information relating to the basic rights and obligations within employment relationships is available on the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs.

In addition, the Ministry offers useful information about the employment and work of foreign workers.

EURES, the European job portal, offers employers information and support on recruiting across the EU. As well as assisting jobseekers, it helps entrepreneurs find workers from across the EU. In border regions, EURES provides information on cross-border commuting and helps workers and employers with problems that may arise.

Check also the legislation on this topic in:

  • References

    Legal texts

    • Employment Relationships Act, No. 001-22-39/02, Ljubljana, on 3 May 2002, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Minimum Wage Act, No. 10500-2/2007/8, Ljubljana, on 18 July 2008, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs slovenščina
    • Strike Act, No. 23/1992, Ljubljana, on 15 April 1991, Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs pdf [72 KB] slovenščina
    • Worker Participation in Profit Act, No. 003-02-2/2008-31, Ljubljana, on 10 March 2008, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Employment and Work of Foreigners Act, No. 101-01/99-10/13, Ljubljana, on 12 July 2007, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons Act, No. 101-04/03-2/5, Ljubljana, on 1 February 2007, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Worker Participation in Management Act, No. 300-01/92-12/21, Ljubljana, on 26 April 2007, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Act on Worker Participation in European Public Limited-liability Company Management, No. 001-22-25/06, Ljubljana, on 10 March 2006, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Regulation establishing the Disabled Persons Employment Quota, No. 001-22-25/06, Ljubljana, on 10 March 2006, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia slovenščina
    • Regulation Establishing the Work Permits Quota for 2008, which limits the number of foreign workers in the labour market, No. 00711-4/2008/5, Ljubljana, on 11 March 2008, Government of The Republic of Slovenia slovenščina

    Key documents

    • Components of employment contract slovenščina
    • Collective Agreement on the type of wage adjustment, reimbursement of expenses related to work and other personal incomes pdf slovenščina

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Further help

The Managers' Association offers information and consultancy for a company's management staff. A specimen of the Personnel Management Agreement is also available, among other things. Information on the rights and obligations of employers and educational services is available from the Slovenian Employers' Association ; members of management and supervisory boards can obtain professional help for obtaining information and knowledge from the Slovenian Directors' Association (SDA).

  • Managers' Association slovenščina
  • Sample of Management Agreement pdf [129 KB] slovenščina
  • Slovenian Employers' Association slovenščina
  • Slovenian Directors' Association slovenščina

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