Voluntary entering into the compulsory insurance scheme

WHAT

If you have a permanent residence in Slovenia and are over 15 years old, but do not fulfill the conditions of entering into the compulsory pension and disability insurance, you can do so voluntarily. For that, you must meet the following conditions:

  • You are not employed full-time.
  • You are not self-employed.
  • No other basis exists for your compulsory insurance.

A person employed part-time can enter into the compulsory insurance scheme voluntarily whereby the difference between full-time and part-time is taken into account.
Voluntary entering into the compulsory insurance scheme is also allowed for persons performing agricultural activity who do not fulfill the conditions regarding the amount of income from the agricultural activity.

More information on voluntary entering into the compulsory insurance scheme is available (in Slovenian) at https://www.zpiz.si/cms/?ids=content&inf=86
Compulsory pension and disabilities insurance is directly linked to employment. When you’re not employed full-time or you are involved in flexible forms of work (like self-employment, etc.), you can pay contributions for compulsory pension and disabilities insurance yourself. That means that when you retire, you will receive a pension from the public (national) Pension and disability insurance institute in the same amount as you would if you were employed full-time.
Read more about Voluntary pension insurance here (in Slovenian): https://www.zpiz.si/cms/?ids=content&inf=86

Good to know

When you become employed full time the voluntary pension insurance automatically stops and your employer arranges the payment of compulsory pension and disability insurance.

Where

The application for voluntary entering into the compulsory pension and disability insurance scheme is filed at the Office for Registration-Deregistration of the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije).
Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije
Miklošičeva cesta 24
1507 Ljubljana
T: +386 1/30 77 296
http://www.zzzs.si/ (in Slovenian)
http://www.zzzs.si/indexeng.html (in English)

Regional units of the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije):
http://www.zzzs.si/imenik (in Slovenian)
http://www.zzzs.si/zzzs/internet/zzzseng.nsf/o/8367C5ACCE9DCB61C125756F00349F00 (in English)