On 26 July 2007, the representatives of the government’s negotiating group and the social partners signed and confirmed the authenticity of the Social Agreement for the period 2007–2009. Consensus was reached following 18 months of talks and after the three sides officially closed the chapter on pay
The Law on the Pay System in the Public Sector (LPSPS), which came into force in July 2005, constitutes the basis of a new public sector pay system (*SI0510304F* [1]). The purpose of the new pay system is to eliminate existing pay differences in the public sector. According to the LPSPS, its
The boundaries between dependent employment and self-employment have become increasingly blurred in some sectors in recent years, in a context of changing labour markets and the spread of practices such as outsourcing and contracting-out. This process has led to a growing interest in ‘economically
The 2002 Law on labour relations [1] (LLR) (*SI0206101N* [2]) regulating individual employment relationships is one of the most important elements of the new labour legislation in Slovenia and is often called the ‘workers’ constitution’. [1] http://www.mddsz.gov.si/en/legislation/veljavni_predpisi
In March 2007, the International Monetary Fund (IMF [1]) urged Slovenia to introduce substantive reforms to its pension system in order to ensure its sustainability. Without the proposed reforms, the IMF considers that the country’s pension system will be completely unsustainable by 2050. Slovenia
On 15 March 2007, the five major trade union confederations organised a protest rally ‘For high-quality public services accessible to all’ against the government’s announced reforms of the public sector. The confederations involved included the following:
On 30 January 2007, following lengthy negotiations, the government, trade unions and employers reached agreement on the amendments to the Law on healthcare and health insurance (LHCHI) at the 156th session of the Economic and Social Council of Slovenia (Ekonomsko socialni svet Slovenije, ESSS) (
In the early 1990s, a tense debate began in relation to the distribution of trade union assets between the re-constituted trade unions, which had existed during the communist regime, and the new trade unions which were formed after the economic transition. Up to the present time, the property has
EuroFIA [1] is the European group of the International Federation of Actors (FIA [2]). It currently unites affiliated performers’ unions, guilds and associations in all EU Member States, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, with the exception of Lithuania and Malta. [1] http://www.fia-actors
In November 2006, the Union of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia (Zveza svobodnih sindikatov Slovenije, ZSSS [1]) (*SI0210102F* [2]) once again called on employers to pay workers a ‘13th-month’ wage payment (in Slovenian, 141Kb PDF) [3] in November and December, as determined by the sectoral collective