must file an enforcement proposal to the FURS. The CSD added that it would immediately commence the enforcement procedure as per the new instructions from the Ministry and as per the law. Regarding the above, we establish that the complaint submitted to the Ombudsman was justified, and that our intervention was successful because the CSD began the enforcement procedure only after our intervention. 9.2-7/2015 2.10 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS 2.9 HOUSING MATTERS CASES CONSIDERED RESOLVED AND FOUNDED NO. OF RESOLVED NO. OF FOUNDED PERCENTAGE OF FOUNDED AMONG RESOLVED FIELD OF WORK 2014 2015 Index 15/14 10. Labour law matters 270 248 91.9 208 32 15.4 10.1 Employment relations 133 116 87.2 100 10 10 10.2 Workers in state authorities 89 79 88.8 66 14 21.2 10.3 Scholarships 30 30 100 25 3 12 10.4 Other 18 23 127.8 17 5 29.4 2.10.1 General observations The key issues include the non-payment of salaries and social security contributions, chaining of companies, employment in precarious (uncertain) forms of work, ill-treatment, bullying, mobbing and other forms of violence at work, the conduct of inspection procedures, placement abroad, voluntary traineeship and the problem of foreign migrant workers. 2.10.2 Realisation of the Ombudsman’s recommendations Regarding the Government’s response report to our recommendations, we highlight the following: The Government failed to state its position on our recommendation that measures for prompt supervision of the payment of salaries and all other contributions must be adopted immediately. We are uncertain about the Government’s awareness of the great extent of this problem. It is also not clear why, in its efforts to protect employees, who are on the weaker side in an employment relationship, the Government fails to take action to accelerate procedures at all supervisory institutions. The number of labour inspectors is too low. Expert assistants introduced by the Labour Inspection Act (applicable as of 1 April 2014) did not contribute to hastening inspection procedures in any way, since, according to Nataša Trček, Chief Labour Inspector of the Labour Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia, they had not yet been employed. We expect responsible conduct of the Government in this matter; after all, the Government committed to hire additional labour inspectors in the Coalition Agreement on Cooperation in the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the 2008–2012 Term. The response report did not contain the anticipated amendments to the Civil Servants Act (ZJU); therefore, the question of paid legal aid or the amendment to Article 15 of the relevant act with content similar to Article 96 of the State Prosecutor Act remains unresolved. 116 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA FOR 2015 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA FOR 2015 117 2.10 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Fewer complaints were considered in 2015 compared to 2014, i.e. by about eight per cent. However, this is still more cases than were discussed before 2013.

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