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.
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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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