Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MJU
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 448
Initiative accepted and completed: '2015-01-08'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2015-01-07'
Initiative published: '2015-01-07'
Initiative submitted: '2014-12-16'
Response from the competent authority: 'Response from the Ministry of Public Administration:Thank
  you for your contribution - suggestion. After considering the contents, we would
  like to inform you that:It has been a long time since all employees have worked
  within a single and rigid time frame. During this time, many daily and weekly working
  time arrangements have evolved, which have become more and more flexible over time.
  The economic crisis in Europe over the last two years has also contributed significantly
  to changes in working time, and companies have responded with measures, as have
  the governments of individual European Union countries with part-time subsidies
  and other employment schemes aimed at reducing unemployment. Flexitime represents
  a departure from the traditional view of a single working time regime for all employees.
  The introduction of variable working time requires a change in the mindset of employees
  and their employers. Different industries and companies with different organisational
  structures need to adapt the design of working time to their own characteristics,
  problems and process requirements. This means that they need to take a good look
  at and analyse the actual situation in the company and determine whether there is
  a realistic possibility of introducing some form of variable working time. It is
  understandable that working time arrangements are different in administration than,
  for example, in a production department. The legal basis for the regulation of working
  time is set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, the Labour Relations
  Act of the Republic of Slovenia, European Union directives and ILO documents. In
  order to analyse the labour law regulation of working time in force in the territory
  of the Republic of Slovenia, it is necessary to know not only the applicable domestic
  legislation in the form of laws and regulations, but also the content of international
  treaties, directives, regulations, judgments and other acts regulating working time.
  The International Labour Organisation has devoted considerable attention to working
  time and, through the conventions it has adopted, has had a significant impact on
  the regulation of working time in the Member States. The older Conventions concern
  daily, weekly and annual working time, its distribution, rest breaks and the protection
  of special categories of workers. The more recent Conventions relate mainly to new,
  more flexible forms of working time arrangements. Convention 175 (1994) is one of
  the newer Conventions and concerns part-time work. The essence of the Convention
  is to provide the same protection in certain areas as that enjoyed by full-time
  workers. Convention 171 on night work, which was ratified in December 2013, is also
  important, but many of the provisions of the Convention had already been domesticated
  prior to ratification.The ZDR regulates the definition of working time in Article
  141: Working time is the effective working time and the time for breaks and for
  periods of excused absence from work in accordance with the law and the collective
  agreement or general act. Effective working time is any time during which an employee
  works, which means that he is at the employer''s disposal and fulfils his work obligations
  under the employment contract. Effective working time is also the basis for calculating
  labour productivity.The Regulation on Working Hours in the Bodies of the State Administration
  (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 115/07 and 122/07 - corrected)
  regulates the working hours of civil servants in the bodies of the state administration.
  According to the provisions of this Regulation, the head of the civil service schedules
  full-time working hours, taking into account the needs of the work process and protecting
  the rights to breaks and rest periods of civil servants. The Head of State shall
  allocate full-time working time by fixing a movable start and end time for a civil
  servant or by fixing a start and end time for a civil servant who performs work
  the nature of which does not allow a choice of arrival and departure times. Unless
  the full-time working time is specifically scheduled by the head of the service
  or by another person under his authority, the full-time working time shall be deemed
  to be scheduled by fixing the starting time between 7.30 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. and
  the ending time between 3.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. or, on Fridays, between 2.30 p.m.
  and 4.30 p.m. or between 2.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m., respectively.The Regulation on
  Administrative Business (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia No 20/05,
  106/05, 30/06, 86/06, 32/07, 63/07, 115/07 (122/07 am.), 31/08, 35/2009, 58/2010,
  101/2010 and 81/2013, hereafter referred to as "the Administrative Business Regulation")
  regulates almost in its entirety and in one place the business of the public administration,
  both in relation to customers and internally. According to the provisions of the
  UUP, working time is a labour law institution governing the relationship between
  a public servant and his employer. Business time means the time during which an
  authority conducts business with other authorities. Office hours, on the other hand,
  refer to the time when public authorities deal with their clients. Office hours
  in the public administration are one of the key elements of dealing with clients
  in administrative procedures or, more broadly, with users of public services. The
  provisions of the UUP governing opening hours and office hours apply to all public
  administration bodies and holders of public powers, but not to municipal administrations.
  Office hours are generally within office hours and are determined according to the
  nature of the tasks of the authority''s area of work and the manner in which they
  are carried out, as well as the local situation and the needs of the clients. Thus,
  in a rural environment, office hours may be set earlier, even before the opening
  of business hours, as the practice of the authorities in these areas shows that
  this is the local custom. The overall range and timetable of office hours is determined
  by the head of the authority by an internal act of the authority, which must be
  made public, but the head of the authority is not entirely free to set office hours,
  and must comply with the minimum standards of the UUP. The issue of the range and
  timetable of office hours is not only a technical organisational issue, but also
  an instrument for guiding the government''s action in the operation of the state
  and the wider public administration. In doing so, the government aims to achieve
  its objectives, foremost among which are the orientation of the public administration
  towards users as a principle of public management and a programme for the removal
  of administrative barriers in the sense of simplifying operations and making the
  administration more accessible to the people.The urgency of reforming the public
  administration has led to the preparation of an overarching strategy for the development
  of the public administration 2015-2020, which focuses on the efficiency of the public
  administration. Citizens and businesses alike need a flexible and responsive public
  administration, whose main task is to provide quality, fast, accessible and easy
  services to citizens, i.e. a service that is not a barrier, but a one-stop, remote
  service. In light of this, we will also include subject content."'
Text file: 448.txt
Title: Opening hours
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=448
