Text file: 334.txt
author: yamast
downvotes: 2
end consideration date: 2010-01-19
id: '334'
number comments: 7
number views: 6288
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs

  Thank you for forwarding your proposal, which we consider to be a good one and beneficial
  in its implications for the situation of the unemployed and for society at large.
  The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs is aware of the necessity and
  practicality of achieving the aims and objectives of your proposal, which can only
  be achieved by clearly defining and increasing the obligations of the recipients
  of unemployment benefits, taking into account, of course, the type and extent of
  the assistance received by each unemployed person.  In this connection, changes
  to labour market regulation are already being prepared in this direction (not directly
  through the creation of a special agency in the form you propose, but certainly
  in close connection with it and with the aim of raising the activation rate of the
  unemployed). A new regulation replacing the current Employment and Unemployment
  Insurance Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 107/06 - UPB1 -
  ZZZPB-1), which will contribute to a higher level of activation, motivation and
  social inclusion of unemployed persons (both those who receive unemployment benefits
  and others who do not meet the conditions for receiving unemployment benefits) is
  already under preparation and will be adopted this calendar year.  It should be
  clarified, however, that the above-mentioned amendments are part of systemic measures
  and changes in the broader field of employment and labour relations, and are therefore
  also linked to changes in other sectoral legislation, in particular the adoption
  of a new law that will allow for small-scale work, necessary amendments to the current
  Labour Relations Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 42/02, 103/07),
  the Social Welfare Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 3/07 -
  UPB2) and amendments to other sectoral legislation. The final effect of the amendments
  to the above-mentioned legislation, which are aimed at increasing the flexibility
  of the labour market in general and, as a consequence, the necessary higher level
  of security for unemployed persons (so-called safe flexibility or "flexicurity"),
  will, in our assessment, also be seen in a corresponding increase in the scope of
  obligations and activities of unemployed persons in receipt of unemployment benefits."  '
response date: 2010-01-22
response due date: null
sent date: 2009-12-19
title: Sending unemployed social assistance recipients to various jobs
upvotes: 18
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/334
