On 2 January 2013, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA [1]) announced that the new Law on Pension and Disability Insurance (LPDI), passed unanimously in parliament on 4 December 2012, had come into effect. The reforms aim to lower pension expenditure by tightening retirement conditions. [1] http://www
In Slovenia, collective agreements in the private sector have become a weak instrument of wage determination because the pay of many workers is determined by the Law on the Minimum Wage (LMW).
On 16 January 2013, the Steel and Electronics Industries Union of Slovenia (SKEI [1]) organised a demonstration in front of the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS [2]). Around 500 SKEI members took part in the protest to demand the reconvening of collective
In many countries, certain subjects may be constitutionally or legally excluded from being the subject of a referendum. Some countries have developed an exhaustive list of topics on which a referendum can be called.
In a ruling on 19 December 2012, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia [1] rejected two motions for a referendum, in effect banning a national vote on the issues. [1] http://www.us-rs.si/en/
On 18 January 2013, at a sitting of the Economic and Social Council of Slovenia (ESS [1]), the Government and the social partners decided that from 1 January 2013, until 31 December 2013, the minimum wage in Slovenia would be €783.66 – an increase of 2.7%. The Minister for Labour was given the go
Slovenia has had some form of statutory minimum wage since 1995. Broad tripartite agreements, subsequently incorporated into legislation, included regular increases in the minimum wage in its early days.
A new government, led by by Janez Janša, leader of the centre-right Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS [1]) took office on 10 February 2012. Its first act was to announce the adoption of an austerity package, presented to the social partners at the Economic and Social Council of Slovenia (ESSS [2])
Before the change of socioeconomic system and the introduction of a market economy, all Slovenian enterprises and craftworkers were organised in ‘chambers’ (parastatal organisations), of which membership was obligatory. After the change in the country’s socioeconomic system, the mandates of these
On 10 May 2012, after a month of negotiations, the government and the public sector trade unions in Slovenia signed an agreement on austerity measures in the public sector. The Coordination of Strike Boards of the Public Sector Trade Unions and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia [1]