Legal duties and conditions

Registration for the pension, disability, unemployment and health insurance

Once you sign the employment contract, your employer should have you registered for pension, disability, unemployment and health insurance at the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia using the M-1 form within 8 days. Submitting the M-1 form is the obligation of the employer. It is advised that you acquire additional health insurance at one of the commercial insurance companies.

Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia website can be found at:
http://www.zzzs.si/indexeng.html (in English)
http://www.zzzs.si/index.html (in Slovenian)

Minimum wage and other income from employment

If you are employed full-time by an employer in Slovenia, you are entitled to least the minimum wage. The current minimum wage in Slovenia is EUR 804.96. If you are employed part-time, you are entitled to a proportionate share of the minimum wage.

There are additional payments that are not included in minimum wage and should be paid out as extra/additional income. These payments are: premium for night shift, premium for Sunday and public holiday shift, reimbursement for meals during work, transportation to and from work, expenses for business trips, holiday allowance, severance pay and jubilee award.

If you think your rights are being violated, you can contact the Labour Inspectorate.

In case your rights have been violated, you can contact:
Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za delo (Labour Inspectorate of the RS),
Verovškova ulica 64a, 1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: +386 1 280 36 60
http://www.id.gov.si/en/

E-mail: gp.irsd@gov.si