Employment and social security law

Employment law

Employment law governs employment relationships between employers and employees. The fundamental act covering employment law is the Employment Relationships Act (ZDR-1), which aims to integrate workers into the work process, ensure a coordinated work process and prevent unemployment, while taking into account workers’ right to freedom of work and dignity at work and protecting the interests of workers in the employment relationship.

Our company is aware that the relationship between employees and employers is extremely important, as only mutual cooperation and a worker-friendly and well-organised working environment can lead to optimal results. Accordingly, we provide legal services both to natural persons (employees) and to employers themselves. We offer a whole range of legal services, the most common of which are listed below:

• drafting fixed-term and permanent employment contracts;
• preparation of mandatory as well as optional or recommended internal acts of the employer and advice on their preparation (act on the systemisation of jobs, rules on establishing alcohol intoxication at the workplace, rules on annual leave, rules on the protection of trade secrets, rules on the use of company vehicles, etc.);
• preparation of other acts and documents of the employer (decisions on annual leave, ordinary or extraordinary notice of termination, agreements on termination of employment, etc.);
• assistance and advice in procedures for terminating employment;
• assistance and advice in initiating and conducting disciplinary procedures;
• assistance and advice on employees’ compensation claims;
• advice to employers on employing foreign nationals (single residence and work permit, change of employer) – more on the Immigration law page;
• mediation in resolving conflicts between employees and employers, etc.

Social security law

The Slovenian Constitution itself provides that Slovenia is a state governed by the rule of law and a social state, which means that the state must determine and regulate the rights through which the constitutional human right to social security, to health care and other social rights laid down in the Constitution are exercised.

In the field of social security law, our company provides clients with legal advice and assistance in exercising rights under unemployment insurance and health, pension and disability insurance, including the preparation of applications and appeals in administrative procedures.

The main or fundamental acts in this field include the Pension and Disability Insurance Act (ZPIZ-2), the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons Act (ZZRZI), the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (ZZVZZ), the Labour Market Regulation Act (ZUTD), the Social Security Act (ZSV), the Social Assistance Benefits Act (ZSVarPre), the Exercise of Rights to Public Funds Act (ZUPJS) and others.

Where representation before the labour and social court is necessary, we help you work with an attorney (odvetnik).