Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MNZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 123
Initiative accepted and completed: '2013-06-18'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2013-06-03'
Initiative published: '2013-06-03'
Initiative submitted: '2013-05-24'
Response from the competent authority: 'Reply from the Ministry of the Interior:Slovenia,
  like some other EU Member States, is subject to a (too) large number of regulatory
  burdens which cause many inconveniences and unnecessary obstacles to business and
  citizens in their business and daily lives. Indeed, there are too many regulations,
  there are often inconsistencies between them, and the problems become apparent in
  practice when they need to be implemented, which is why better implementation (practical
  application) of legislation is key. Thus, it is often the case that the regulatory
  requirements do not actually achieve the objectives pursued by the norms, and there
  is a gap between the legislation and its implementation in practice. One of the
  objectives of our STOPbirokraciji.si campaign is to make legislation as simple and
  predictable as possible for business entities, and we are therefore aware that the
  introduction of a review of the effects of the adopted legislation after a certain
  period of time (e.g. after 1 year) is crucial, with the aim of ensuring VISIBLE
  effects for entities. We have already carried out an evaluation on the amendments
  to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (ZVZD-1), the purpose of which was to
  verify the effectiveness of the application of the new Occupational Safety and Health
  Act for business entities, for which the amendment brought reliefs and reduced administrative
  barriers. It was found that the entities (self-employed, micro and small enterprises)
  to which the amendment brought a number of simplifications in the field of occupational
  safety and health are not aware of them and do not actually apply them in practice.
  Due to their lack of familiarity with the regulations and consequent lack of knowledge
  of the changes, business operators in the field of occupational safety and health
  follow the previous legislation.Based on the above-mentioned facts, we note that:
  despite the possibility that self-employed persons are not required to draw up a
  safety declaration with a risk assessment in the event that the work is deemed to
  be risk-free, the majority of the respondents had it drawn up by external companies,
  even though business operators do not need it at all, given the nature of their
  activities. To assist businesses in the production of a safety statement, as well
  as in the production of a risk assessment, they would greatly benefit from the online
  tool OIRA, which has not yet been introduced by the Ministry of Labour, Family,
  Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.Although the law explicitly states that the
  self-employed are not required to undergo medical examinations, the analysis showed
  that the majority of the self-employed (84.4%) had undergone medical examinations
  during the business registration process, which we estimate to have incurred an
  unnecessary cost (on average EUR 100) for the business entities.The law allows employers
  to carry out occupational safety and health tasks independently, but in practice
  it has been shown that they still leave the majority of safety assurance tasks to
  external professional entities. Although the law abolishes the keeping of special
  records, in most cases employers still keep special records according to the previous
  regulations. the Ministry of Health, in agreement with the Ministry of Labour and
  Social Security, has still not prepared a revision of the Regulation on preventive
  health checks of workers, which will determine the type of health checks, the manner,
  scope and time limits for carrying out the checks, and the Regulation on the organisation,
  material and equipment for first aid at the workplace. the Ministry of Health, in
  agreement with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, has not yet prepared
  a revision of the Regulation on the preventive health checks of workers.In order
  to ensure that the new OSH legislation reaches as many business entities as possible
  and that the simplifications are actually felt in practice, we suggest: Employers''
  associations are encouraged to draw up an education plan for their members on free
  seminars and, in order to promote the new OSH legislation more widely, to consider
  offering a form of direct information (e.g. information leaflets).Make an information
  leaflet with simplifications in the field of health and safety available at all
  VEM entry points (One Stop Shop) and provide a sub-page on the national e-VEM portal
  and eugo.gov.si dedicated to all information in the field of occupational health
  and safety.Publish on the website of the Employment Service information on all new
  developments in the field of occupational safety and health for the self-employed,
  in particular clear instructions on how to draw up a risk assessment and a safety
  declaration (the segment of the self-employed is increasing, among other things
  due to the European funding for the subsidy programme for self-employment, which
  in 2012 was 1.We suggest that the Employment Service introduce an information seminar
  on occupational safety and health in the training programme for the self-employed.It
  is necessary to approach the reform of the general part of the professional examination
  in a way and in a format that would attract the response of a greater number of
  micro and small employers to the general part of the professional examination.We
  suggest that the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs introduce the online
  tool OIRA as soon as possible. We also suggest that the risk assessment website
  be placed in a more visible location in order to make it more accessible to businesses.We
  suggest that the Ministry of Health, in agreement with the Ministry of Labour and
  Social Affairs, issue as soon as possible the Rules on preventive health checks
  for workers and the Rules on the organisation, material and equipment for first
  aid at the workplace. At the same time, it should draw up instructions or guidelines
  for health promotion.'
Text file: 123.txt
Title: Normative form
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=123
