Text file: 4177.txt
author: Darth
downvotes: 7
end consideration date: 2013-02-02
id: '4177'
number comments: 15
number views: 4322
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs\n1. Changes\
  \ in the field of student work were already foreseen in the Small Labour Act, which\
  \ for reasons known to us was never implemented. Last year, the ZUJF introduced\
  \ some changes in this area by increasing the concession levy from 12 to 25% and\
  \ changing its distribution so that more funds are allocated to scholarships awarded\
  \ on the basis of the Law on Scholarships; this has made this form of work \"more\
  \ expensive\" for employers, and as a consequence, a decline in the volume of student\
  \ work is expected in 2013 and beyond.\nThe continued operation of student services\
  \ is linked to the abolition of student work, but no decision has yet been taken\
  \ on this; the Small Work Act, which was rejected in the referendum, would provide\
  \ such a solution, while further solutions in this area will depend mainly on social\
  \ dialogue.\n2. With regard to the proposal to abolish fixed-term work, please be\
  \ informed that the new Labour Relations Act (LRA-1), with the aim of reducing dualism\
  \ or segmentation in the labour market, restricts the conclusion of fixed-term employment\
  \ contracts by preventing the conclusion of one or more successive fixed-term employment\
  \ contracts for the same job with a continuous duration of more than two years (except\
  \ in explicitly defined cases). With the same aim, the ZDR-1 also provides for a\
  \ right to severance pay in the event of termination of a fixed-term employment\
  \ contract.\n3. ZDR-1 introduces a number of solutions that will contribute to simplifying\
  \ the procedures relating to the termination of employment, namely:\n the obligation\
  \ to inform the employee in advance of the intended termination of the employment\
  \ contract for business reasons is abolished, the conduct of a defence in proceedings\
  \ for termination of employment contracts for fault reasons is simplified, the previous\
  \ legal obligation for the employer to offer the employee other suitable employment\
  \ is abolished in proceedings for termination for incompetence and business reasons,\
  \ and the legal obligation to state reasons for the termination of the employment\
  \ contract is simplified, the rules on the service of dismissal notices are amended,\
  \ the suspension of the effect of dismissal on the basis of a negative opinion of\
  \ the workers' representatives is limited to those workers only, it is made possible\
  \ to involve workers in appropriate labour market measures already during the notice\
  \ period, it is made possible for the employer to terminate the contract of employment\
  \ on a regular basis during the probationary period (and not only at the end of\
  \ the probationary period) on the grounds of the failure of the probationary period\
  \ to be completed successfully. \n4. With regard to the proposal to establish a\
  \ special severance pay fund, it should be clarified that, although the solution\
  \ of providing for regular contributions to finance severance pay has been discussed\
  \ with the social partners on several occasions, the proposal has not yet been harmonised,\
  \ due to the different views of the social partners on how the severance pay fund\
  \ should be organised.\nAs regards the proposal to strengthen the inspection of\
  \ undeclared work, we would like to clarify that amendments to the Act on Prevention\
  \ of Undeclared Work and Employment (ZPDZC) are already under preparation, the main\
  \ purpose of which is to increase the number of inspectors in the field and to strengthen\
  \ supervision. The amendment to the ZPDZC also involves the Customs Administration\
  \ of the Republic of Slovenia as a direct supervisory authority in this area, with\
  \ mobile units that are in the field 24 hours a day and cover the whole territory\
  \ of Slovenia. The amendments to the law will also streamline some of the lengthy\
  \ administrative procedures involved in carrying out controls and increase fines\
  \ for infringements.\n "
response date: 2013-03-13
response due date: null
sent date: 2013-01-04
title: Abolition of student services, fixed-term work, easier dismissals and a severance
  fund
upvotes: 20
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/4177
