Text file: 7196.txt
author: Anti NWO
downvotes: 8
end consideration date: 2016-01-12
id: '7196'
number comments: 16
number views: 3760
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: 'Response by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

  The area of public holidays and public holidays is regulated by the Act on Public
  Holidays and Public Holidays in the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the
  Republic of Slovenia, No. 112/05 - Official Consolidated Text, 52/10, 40/12 - ZUJF
  and 19/15; hereinafter referred to as ZPDPD). The regulation of public holidays
  falls within the area of state regulation in the Republic of Slovenia, which also
  includes general state acts, symbols and public holidays. The definitions of public
  holidays and public holidays under this Act are also linked to the solutions in
  the labour legislation, which entitle employees to time off work on public holidays
  and public holidays, with the right to wage compensation or to special valuation
  of work, if employees are required to work on that day due to the continuous nature
  of their work or production process or the specific nature of their work.

  Already when the PWDPA was drawn up in 1991, there were many dilemmas and a wide
  variety of views on the days that should be properly observed in our country. In
  drafting the law, the draftsman has considered all the views and suggestions submitted
  and has also taken into account the results of an opinion poll which was conducted
  for the very reason of establishing by law public holidays which have a general
  meaning or significance for all or most citizens. The regulation of public holidays
  and public holidays in the Republic of Slovenia must certainly correspond to the
  actual attitudes of our citizens regarding the importance of certain dates, which
  should be given a special commemoration.

  Taking into account all the views, suggestions and the results of the opinion poll,
  the current regulation was adopted, according to which the PWDPA provides for, in
  addition to public holidays, six public holidays which have a religious significance,
  and these public holidays do not exclusively commemorate the feast days of the Catholic
  faith. Taking into account the structure of holidays in European countries, it can
  also be noted that in most of the countries compared, the majority of holidays are
  religious, and that, in addition to New Year''s Day and Labour Day, the observance
  of holidays is linked to the nationality of the country.

  We would also like to mention the fact that since the adoption of the PPSL, several
  amendments to the law have been proposed, two of which were implemented in amendments
  and additions to the law in 2005 and 2010, and some of which were not adopted by
  the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia for consideration. The amendments
  concerned changes or additional commemorations of certain events related to the
  history of the nation and the country. Taking into account all the above, we consider
  that the regulation of the celebration of religious holidays in the Republic of
  Slovenia is appropriate and comparable to the regulations in other European countries,
  and therefore we do not consider that there are any justified arguments for amending
  the law in the sense of the proposal outlined.'
response date: 2016-03-15
response due date: null
sent date: 2015-12-14
title: First Friday of the month free
upvotes: 26
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/7196
