Setting Up a Company

Types of Companies and Capital (Max/Min)	Number of Partners/Shareholders and Liability
Limited Liability Company (d.o.o) Minimum EUR 7,500	No minimum Liability is limited to the amount of capital contributed.
Joint-stock company (d.d.) Minimum EUR 25,000	No minimum Liability is limited to the amount of capital contributed.
General Partnership (d.n.o.) No minimum	Minimum 2 shareholders Shareholders are liable with all their assets.
Limited Partnership (k.d.) No minimum	No minimum A general partner is fully liable with all the assets and a limited partner is not liable for the partnership obligation.
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.

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.

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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.

Minimum Wage: 590 EUR gross per month.
Average Wage: Average monthly gross earnings is EUR 1,400.
Social contributions: Social Security Contributions Paid By Employers: 16.10%.
Social Security Contributions Paid By Employees: 22.1 %.

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 (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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