Basic information
Capital:Ljubljana
Time Zone:GMT+1
Language: Slovenian
Currency Code:EUR
Human Resources at a Glance
Contract Terms
Contracts must be in Slovenian and can be bilingual. The agreement should include information such as, salary, working hours, trial period, termination date or undefined, confidentiality, among others.
Guidelines Regarding Probation Period/Trial Period
Probation periods are not mandatory. The minimum probation period is 30 days and the maximum probation period is 180 days (6 months).
Regulations and Rules Regarding Working Hours
Standard working hours are 40 hours per day, 8 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.
Overtime is paid according to the following rates
Overtime payment is not mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours can be considered overtime. Overtime wages should be agreed between the parties.
Minimum Wage Requirements
The monthly minimum wage is EUR 1203,36, and it’s updated once a year by the Ministry of Labor.
Payroll Cost for Employers
The employer cost range is 16.64% of the employee’s salary.
Monthly Costs
– Pension and invalidity insurance – 8.85%
– Health insurance contributions – 6.56%
– Unemployment insurance contribution – 0.60%
– Occupational injury contribution – 0.53%
– Parental protection contribution – 0.10%
– Meal & Travel Allowance – EUR 175.12*
– Work from Home Allowance – EUR 50
*estimated as EUR 7.96 allowance per day * 22 average working days
Annual Costs
Holiday Bonus – EUR 1,203.36
Termination
Grounds
Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.
Terminations can be done by mutual agreement, by the employer or employee. Contracts can only be concluded in writing and no other type of communication will be accepted.
The most common types of dismissal:
- Regular dismissal: in case of redundancy, incompetence, or misconduct. The employee is entitled to severance pay. For those who served between one year and 10 years, the employee receives 1/5 of the average salary from the previous three months for every year served. For those who served more than 10 years, severance is ¼; over 20 years gets 1/3.
- Extraordinary: when an employee commits a crime, fails to show up for work, presents false data, declines a transfer, and other serious breaches. The termination must be delivered in writing and express the reason for the termination and must be delivered in person.
Notice Period
The notice period will depend on what’s agreed on in the employment contract. The maximum notice period is 60 days, and in case less notice is required by one of the parties it will have to comply with the law:
– Up to one year of employment 15 days
– After one year of employment 30 days.
Severance compensation
The amount of severance pay is regulated by the Companies Act. And the payment will depend on the type of termination. Therefore early terminations, due to specific reasons, will be entitled to severance.
In case of severance will apply, the amounts will depend on each case, including the length of the employment. The following wages can be considered as a guide:
– If the employee has been employed for up to 10 years, severance will be half the average monthly gross salary for the past three months for each year of work.
– If the employee has been employed for up to 20 years, severance will be 1/4 the average monthly gross salary for the past three months for each year of work.
– If the employee has been employed over 20 years, severance will be 1/3 the average monthly gross salary for the past three months for each year of work.
Payment & leave Compensation & Holidays
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Annual Leave
Both full-time and part-time employees are entitled to 20 working days of paid time off (PTO) a year. PTO accrues monthly at 1.66 days per month. Employees are eligible for annual leave after X months of work. During the first year of employment, an employee is not allowed to take more than XX days.
Sick Leave
There is no limitation to sick leave only if the employee presents a medical certificate. If the illness or injury is work-related, the first 30 days are borne by the employer. After that, it is covered by social security.
The amount of coverage and responsibility of payment will depend on the cause of leave. For example, sick leave for the child and injury at work will be paid by the Health Insurance.
Maternity & Parental Leave
Employees are 30 days of paternity leave. During this period, the government will pay the salary, and the amount will be calculated with the average monthly wage of the past 12 months. Leave should start after the birth of the child.
Employees are entitled to 130 days of parental leave each. This leave is extended in the event of the birth of twins or more children at the same time, a prematurely born child, or a child who needs additional care.
The amount of parental benefit is equal to 100% of the basic salary and may not be more than 2.5 times the amount of the average monthly wage.
Tax and Social Security Information
Personal Income Tax
The individual income tax ranges from 16% to 50%. Income tax is calculated [according to progressive rates]. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.
| Gross Annual Income | Tax Rate (%) |
| Up to EUR 8,500 | 16% |
| Up to EUR 25,000 | 26% |
| Up to EUR 50,000 | 33% |
| Up to EUR 72,000 | 39% |
| Over EUR 72,000 | 50% |
Social security
– Holiday Allowance
– Meal Allowance
– Pension Insurance
– Public Health Insurance
– Work From Home Allowance
– Workers Compensation Insurance
– Private Healthcare – Unisure (optional)
– Private Healthcare – Allianz (optional)
Public Holidays 2024
| 假期 | 日期 |
| New Year’s Day | 1.1-1.2 |
| Preseren Day | 2.8 |
| Easter Sunday | 3.31 |
| Easter Monday | 4.1 |
| Day of Uprising Against Occupation | 4.27 |
| Labour Day | 5.1-5.2 |
| Whit Sunday | 5.19 |
| Statehood Day | 6.25 |
| Assumption of Mary | 8.15 |
| Reformation Day | 10.31 |
| Remenberance Day | 11.1 |
| Christmas Day | 12.25 |
| Independence and Unity Day | 12.26 |
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