- Phase
- Employment Relationship Act (ZDR-1)
- Native name
- Zakon o delovnih razmerjih (ZDR-1)
- Type
- Time off for job search
- Added to database
- 08 May 2015
Description
If the employer gives notice of cancellation of the employment contract, the worker shall be entitled to absence from work during the period of notice to search for new employment and to wage compensation for a minimum of two hours per week.
In the event of termination of the employment contract for business reasons, an employer who does not offer the worker a new employment contract for another job and informs the employment service of the cancellation of the employment contract must allow the worker to be absent from work for at least one day per week to integrate into activities in the labour market in accordance with existing labour market regulations.
The employer shall be obliged to pay wage compensation for the time of absence from work for job search in the amount of 70% of the average monthly wage for full-time work during the past three months.
Sources
- Kresal, B. (2008), National background paper Slovenia, Anticipating and managing restructuring in enterprises: 27 national seminars, ARENAS Report, European Commission, Brussels
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Zakon o delovnih razmerjih (ZDR-1) (SL)
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Employment Relationship Act (ZDR-1) (EN)
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Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities (MDDSZ), Letno poročilo o izvajanju ukrepov države na trgu dela [Report on the implementation of labour market measures], May 2023.
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Slovenia: Time off for job search, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/time-off-for-job-search/slovenia