Easily manage employment in Slovenia

Employees are entitled to at least four weeks of paid holiday, or proportional holiday entitlement if the worker is engaged with the employer for less than an entire year.

There are 13 public holidays employees can take off work. If they’re required to work on a public holiday, employees are entitled to a premium on their normal wages, generally agreed upon collectively.

Employees are entitled to 30 days of paid sick leave, at each instance of illness. This is capped at 120 days of paid sick leave, compensated at 80% of the standard wage rate, in case of an illness or injury unrelated to the employee’s line of work, or a full 100%, if the worker’s illness or injury is work-related.After 120 days of paid sick leave, employers are required to continue to provide sickness benefits, which are reimbursable from the health insurance fund.

Female employees are entitled to 105 days of fully paid sick leave, starting 28 days before delivery.

Fathers are entitled to 30 days of fully paid paternity leave, which can be split and taken part-time or full-time, or until the child in question turns six.After maternity leave, parents are entitled to 130 days of paid parental leave each, with the full wages, capped at 2.5x the average monthly pay in Slovenia (i.e., €3664.31).Fathers can transfer their entire entitlement of 130 days to their partners, and mothers can transfer up to 100 days to their partners.

Employees who’re studying or undergoing training either related or unrelated to their current occupation, are entitled to paid leave when they take examinations for the first time.

- Personal leave: Employees are entitled to seven days of paid leave annually for any purpose, ranging from marriage, bereavement, serious injury or accident suffered, or even escorting a Reception class child to school on their first day.- Adoption: Adoptive parents of children who’re yet to get into Reception year are entitled to full parental leave benefits, although it’s reduced to just 30 days if the adopted child has completed Reception year.- Civil duty: Employers are required to provide unpaid time off work for employees to vote, perform jury duty, or fulfil any other civil obligations.- Blood donation: Employees can request paid time off work to donate blood and employers can file for reimbursement from the Health Insurance Institute.