The Retail Workers’ Trade Union of Slovenia (Sindikat delavcev trgovine Slovenije, SDTS [1]) has failed yet again to restrict the Sunday opening hours of shops. The retail company Emona Obala [2] appealed to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia (Ustavno sodišce Republike Slovenije
The Law on Collective Agreements (LCA), which regulates collective labour relations, is one of the most important parts of the new labour legislation in Slovenia and represents an important shift towards the ‘Europeanisation’ of the Slovenian system of industrial relations and labour law. Finally
Preparation for a new Law on Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) began a year ago when, on 7 June 2005, the Ministry of the Economy (Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo, MG [1]) published its guidelines for a new draft LCCI [2] (*SI0506302F* [3]). On 26 May 2006, the Slovenian parliament adopted the
In Slovenia, a large group of strong and autonomous, mainly white-collar, trade unions represents the public sector, including social services (such as healthcare and education), transport, financial services, and other specific sectors and occupations. Many of these are breakaway unions from the
On 26 November 2005, Slovenia's four strongest trade union confederations - the Union of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia (Zveza svobodnih sindikatov Slovenije, ZSSS [1]), KNSS - Independence, the Confederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia (KNSS - Neodvisnost, Konfederacija novih sindikatov
The rail transport sector is undergoing a wide-ranging reorganisation process across the European Union member states, involving liberalisation and privatisation prompted largely by EU legislation (TN0003402S [1]). [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/erm/comparative-information
On 18 October 2005, the Railway Traffic Union of Slovenia (Sindikat zelezniskega prometa Slovenije, SZPS [1]) announced that it would hold a four-hour strike (between 08.00 and 12.00) of all its members on Wednesday 9 November, to be repeated every Wednesday until the union's demands were met. The
EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001 [1] on the Statute for a European Company (hereinafter the SE Regulation) gives companies the option of forming a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE) which can operate on a Europe-wide basis and be governed by Community law directly applicable in all
In a Recommendation of 19 September 2003 concerning a European schedule of occupational diseases [1] (C(2003)3297 final), the European Commission recommends, among other points, that the Member States should: [1] http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN
The Union of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia (Zveza svobodnih sindikatov Slovenije, ZSSS [1]) (SI0210102F [2]) has frequently raised the difficult situation of workers with occupational diseases (SI0511302F [3]) with the public, the government and parliament (SI0505301N [4]). These workers cannot