Text file: 5235.txt
author: Miki123
downvotes: 5
end consideration date: 2013-12-14
id: '5235'
number comments: 7
number views: 2022
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities\n\
  In the petition, the petitioner proposes to abolish student services and student\
  \ work. In this context, we would like to clarify that the regulation of student\
  \ work and the elimination of its negative effects on the labour market is one of\
  \ the priorities of the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities\
  \ for this year. The negative effects of student work have been attempted in the\
  \ past through the Small Work Act, but due to opposition from students and trade\
  \ unions, it was rejected in a subsequent legislative referendum.\nDespite some\
  \ of the negative effects of student work, we believe that it still represents an\
  \ important direct link between young people and the labour market and an opportunity\
  \ to gain work experience. This should not neglect the social corrective function\
  \ in the case of students with a low socio-economic status, or the possibility for\
  \ students to improve their socio-economic status according to their own abilities.\
  \ Over the past year, the Ministry has been actively involved in the preparation\
  \ of a new draft law on student labour, which is expected to be presented in the\
  \ coming weeks.\nThe Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities\
  \ will work to regulate student work according to the principle of \"every job counts\"\
  , which means that student work will be subject to social security contributions\
  \ comparable to regular employment (e.g. pension insurance), while at the same time\
  \ those who do such work will also be guaranteed a minimum level of social and economic\
  \ security and have their work experience recognised as relevant, which is particularly\
  \ important from the point of view of youth employment. The higher contribution\
  \ and tax burden is also expected to make student work less attractive to employers\
  \ than regular employment, especially in view of the benefits and subsidies that\
  \ employers receive in regular employment under the new pension and labour legislation.\
  \ Negative phenomena of exploitation of student work, fictitious enrolments, substitution\
  \ of regular employment, etc. will be further tackled through restrictions on employers,\
  \ a central register of student work, stricter monitoring and other measures.\n\
  Response from the Ministry of the Interior\nThe Constitution of the Republic of\
  \ Slovenia (URS), (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 33I/91, 33I/91-I-UZIU,\
  \ 42/97, 66/00, 24/03, 69/04, 69/04, 69/04, 68/06, 47/13, 47/13) stipulates in Article\
  \ 80(1) and (2) (composition and elections) that the National Assembly shall be\
  \ composed of the members of the National Assembly of the citizens of Slovenia and\
  \ shall consist of 90 members. Members are elected by universal, equal, direct and\
  \ secret ballot.\nIn the light of the above, we would like to clarify that in the\
  \ case of deputies, these are elected officials, the number of whom is determined\
  \ by the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia; it is up to the National Assembly\
  \ to decide on any other arrangement.\nThe Law on the Public Sector Salary System\
  \ (ZSPJS) (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 58/08, 108/09-UPB13,\
  \ 107/09-odl.US, 13/10, 59/10, 85/10, 107/10, 35/11, 27/12-odl.US, 40/12-ZUJF, 46/13)\
  \ provides in Article 1 (Content and Objectives of the Law): (1) This Law regulates\
  \ the system of salaries of public officials and public servants in the public sector,\
  \ the rules of determining, calculating and paying them, and the rules of determining\
  \ the amount of funds for salaries. (2) The Act lays down the common foundations\
  \ of the public sector wage system, namely to give effect to the principle of equal\
  \ pay for work in comparable posts, grades and functions, to ensure the transparency\
  \ of the wage system and to make wages incentive-based.\nArticle 5(1) and (2) (Composition\
  \ of salary, basic salary and adjustment of basic salaries): (1) The salary shall\
  \ consist of the basic salary, a performance component and allowances. (2) The amount\
  \ of the basic salary shall be determined by the classification in each salary grade\
  \ of the salary scale.\nTherefore, under the current legislation, the public sector\
  \ pay system is determined by the Law on the Public Sector Salary System (PSSPS),\
  \ which also provides for the possibility of variable remuneration.\nWhile it can\
  \ be agreed that the current pay system lacks flexibility in terms of a direct link\
  \ between remuneration and the actual performance of public sector employees, the\
  \ Government does not intend to propose such a radical measure on remuneration as\
  \ you indicate. In any case, the Ministry responsible for the public sector wage\
  \ system intends to propose appropriate amendments to the PPSSA that would make\
  \ it more possible to reward the best staff and to sanction employees who do not\
  \ achieve the expected results.\n "
response date: 2014-02-14
response due date: null
sent date: 2013-11-15
title: For the common prosperity and the survival of the country
upvotes: 25
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/5235
