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Setting up a company | Working conditions | Cost of labor | Social partners

Setting up a company

Legal business entities

Types of companies and capital (max/min)	Number of partners/shareholders and liability	Registration fees
Limited Liability Company (d.o.o) Minimum 7,500 EUR	From 1 to 50 shareholders Liability is limited to the amount of capital contributed.	Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
Joint-stock company (d.d.) Minimum 25,000 EUR	Minimum 5 shareholders Liability is limited to the amount of capital contributed.	Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
Branch office No minimum	No minimum The parent company is liable for all obligations of the branch.	Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
European Public Company (Societas Europaea (SA)		Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
General Partnership (d.n.o.) No minimum	Minimum 2 shareholders Shareholders are liable with all their assets.	Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
Limited Partnership (k.d.) No minimum	Minimum 2 shareholders A general partner is fully liable with all the assets and a limited partner is not liable for the partnership obligation.	Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
Dormant Partnership (Tiha druzba)		Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
Partnership limited by shares (k.d.d.)		Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17
Sole trader (s.p.) No minimum	Only one individual (physical person only, no companies) can register it. The individual is liable with all the assets for the activities of a sole trader.	Buy a company rubber stamp: EUR 17

Business setup procedures: The establishment, managing and organization of companies is regulated by the new Companies Act from 2006 which fully harmonized the Slovenian regime in this area with the EU legislation.

All individual founders and / or directors must first obtain a Slovenian personal tax number at the Tax administration office. If the founder is a legal entity it must present a registration document (short version) translated into Slovenian language (official court translator). Afterwards, the founders and / or directors can empower somebody else to complete the whole administration procedure.

A newly established company should be entered into the court register of territorial jurisdiction. With entry in the court register, the new enterprise becomes a legal person and acquires the capacity to do business. Applications for the court registration of companies must be filed within 15 days of the adoption of the act of establishment. After submiting the registration the share capital should be paid to the business bank account. Finally, the company's registration must be published in the Offical Gazette within two months after the setting-up.
The competent organization: A newly established company is entered into the court register and tax register. The data are then automatically transfered also to business register and statistic office. Actually, in 2008 the court register has practically become a business register which is fully maintained by the agency called AJPES.

Company registration can be done most appropriately and completely at one of the notary offices. A simple, free of charge procedure is available even on the internet (in Slovene only) or at many "e-VEM" one-stop service centers but only when using a pre-print standardized Company Statute/Act form.

Working conditions

Legal weekly duration: 40 hours
Retirement age: 56 for women (if 36 years and 9 months of work) and 58 for men (if 40 years of work).
Working contracts: Employment contracts are regulated by law, branch collective agreements and individual negotiations.
The terms of employment contracts, the conditions for hiring and the limits fot dismissal are traditionally rigid but are getting loosening with the modernisation of employment legislation and practice. In the last years the share of temporary employment contracts has increased, especially among younger work force.

Cost of labor

Minimum wage: 590 EUR gross per month (as from 1st August 2008)
Average wage: Average monthly gross earnings was EUR 1,400 in 2008.
Social contributions: Social security contributions paid by employers: 16.10%.
Social security contributions paid by employees: 22.1 %.

Social partners

Social dialogue and involvement of social partners: By far the most powerful union confederation is ZSSS. In general, trade unions have a very important role since all the governments try more or less to make any important changes in wages, labor legislation, economy, tax and social policy in cooperation with trade unions as well as with the employers associations.

Government, employers and employees representatives are formally gathered within the Economic and Social Council (ESC). In addition to its advisory role, the ESC has a key role in negotiations, with the social and wage policy agreements under its auspices.
Unions: Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia (local acronym is ZSSS) - the largest national trade union associating more than 20 trade unions from different branches from all over Slovenia (in local language only)
Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovenia - "Pergam" - national trade union associating many trade unions from different branches from all over Slovenia and representative for workers in paper, graphic, publishing and newspaper industry (in local language only)
Trade Union Confederation "90" of Slovenia - national trade union associating more than 20 trade unions from different branches from all over Slovenia (in local language only)
Confederation of New Trade Unions of Slovenia (local acronym is KNSS) (in local language only)
Unionization rate: Around 45%.
Labor regulation bodies: Ministry of Labor, Family, and Social Affairs

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