Termination

Terminating employment, notice periods, termination payments and rights to references.

Slovenia :: Protected employees

Certain categories of workers are protected from termination, these include: works council members, employee representatives, trade union representatives (for their term of office and for one year after) …

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Slovenia :: Termination by the employee

An employee may terminate their contract of employment by giving the required notice to their employer (ordinary termination) …

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Slovenia :: Severance pay

If an employee’s employment is terminated for business reasons or reasons of incapacity and they have at least one years’ service with their present employer, they will be entitled to statutory severance pay …

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Slovenia :: Notice periods

The statutory notice period thresholds to be given by the employer for terminations due to business or incapacity reasons are: Up to one year’s service 15 days 1-2 years’ service 30 days 2+ years’ service 30 days + 2 days per additional year of service (up to a maximum of 60 days) 25+ years’ service 80 days The statutory minimum notice periods to be given by an employee are: 15 days where the employee has up to one year’s service; 30 days where the employee has one year’s service or more …

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Slovenia :: Individual termination

Under the Slovenian Employment Relationships Act, employers may dismiss individual employees with notice on grounds of redundancy, due to their incompetence or poor performance, or for serious breaches of their employment contract …

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Slovenia :: Collective redundancy

A collective redundancy takes place where within the period of 30 days, the employer proposes to terminate the employment of: at least 10 workers where the employer has more than 20 and less than 100 workers, at least 10% of workers where the employer has at least 100 workers and less than 300 workers, at least 30 workers where the employer has more than 300 workers …

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Slovenia :: Alternative dispute resolution

Courts of first instance are authorised to offer alternative ways of resolving labour disputes …

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