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The most current type of employment in Slovenia is to have an employment contract. All working contracts have to be done in writing before the beginning of the employment relationship.1

One can work full-time (40 hours per week) or part-time. Normally, employees receive their salary monthly to their bank account. A part of the salary will be paid directly to the state as social security contribution.

There are two types of employment:

  • Permanent employment, which means that it doesn’t have an end date and one is employed until further notice;
  • Temporary employment, which means one is employed for a limited time. The end date must be stated in the employment contract.

Very often, the employer will first offer a temporary employment contract. It is not unusual for the employer to renew the temporary employment contract several times. However, the maximum period for temporary employment by the same employer is three years. After that, the employer must offer a permanent employment contract.
Often, a probationary period is agreed upon during which either party without prior notice and without giving reasons can terminate the employment relationship. Usually, the probationary period lasts one to three months.

There are also other types of contracts for specific types of work, but those contracts offer less protection and benefits:

  • Author’s contract (copyright contract) is used exclusively for works of authorship, mainly in the sphere of culture and science. Such contract does not change a person’s status: a person who concludes an author’s contract may already be employed on a regular basis, unemployed, self-employed, etc.
  • For all other, shorter and very specific time-based or content-specific works, one can work under a contractual agreement. Again, one can conclude this contract regardless of one’s working status (employed, unemployed, etc.).
  • One can also work by oneself (become self-employed) or establish a company.
  • If the person goes to school and is between 15 and 26 years of age, he/she can work as a student. Employment agency for students (https://www.studentski-servis.com/studenti/foreigners) can help to find work.
  • For certain types of work, such as cleaning, babysitting, sale of own hand-made products one can register at the Administrative Unit in order to be allowed to sell the products or to do the work. In these cases, special conditions apply.

A person who has any of the above-mentioned types of contract, is not considered to be employed, and does not have the same rights that come with a regular employment contract (for instance, one does not have social security, although one does have to pay some contributions for it).

For more information about the different forms of contracts and work in Slovenia, for people who speak Slovene, the Employment Service of Slovenia should be contacted. For people who have been granted international protection, their Integration Counsellor or a non-governmental organization will help with integration activities and also with searching for employment.

Footnotes

  1. Retrieved from: https://welcomm-europe.eu/slovenia/employment/

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