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Factsheet for measure SI-2021-46/2122 – Updated – measures in Slovenia
Country | Slovenia , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 08 November 2021 – 28 February 2022 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat
– Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Author | Maja Breznik (University of Ljubljana) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 09 January 2022 (updated 15 June 2022) |
Since 15 September 2021, Recovered-Vaccinated-Tested (RVT) rule has applied to employees and others working at the employer’s premises on any legal basis. For workers who are not vaccinated or have not recovered from COVID-19, the employer must provide self-testing every 48 hours. Before the ordinance, costs for rapid testing were borne by employers; later, the government took over the charges for rapid tests with the ordinance from 8 November ( Ordinance on the temporary measures for the prevention and control of infectious disease COVID-19 ). The tenth anti-COVID-19 law (ZDUPŠOP), issued on 29 December 2021, specifies the procedure for the compensation of costs incurred for the purchase of rapid antigenic tests.
Public and private companies are entitled to receive support for rapid antigenic tests. It is limited to €92.5 for a worker not vaccinated or recovered. Besides companies, the measure encompasses ‘personal supplementary work’, self-employed, entrepreneurs, farmers and ecclesiastics.
The Financial Administration collects requests from employers and pays the support in one payment. The beneficiary can use the support only for the purchase of tests. If the beneficiary has not used the support for this purpose or has given a wrong number of eligible workers, the company concerned must return the grant received. The ninth anti-COVID-19 law specifies fines for employers who notify the wrong number of eligible workers.
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
28 February 2022 |
The measure expired on 28 February 2022. |
Support is paid by the Financial Administration. The measure is retroactively valid from 8 November 2021 until 31 January 2022. Upon ordinance published in the Official Gazette, the government may extend it for another five months.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Does not apply to workers | Applies to all businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
Employers' organisations |
National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement | Consulted |
Form | Not applicable | Direct consultation outside a formal body |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The law was adopted without prior consultation with the Economic and Social Council. Its functioning has been blocked since 14 May 2021, when trade unions left the council. The reason for obstruction is a dispute with the government about the role of social partners. While the government claims that social partners have only a consultative role, trade unions request negotiations. According to trade unions, the government negates the fundamental principles of the social dialogue
Until 8 November, costs for rapid testing were borne by employers. Employer organisations contested this obligation, saying it is an additional organizational and financial burden. They requested either individual responsibility for self-testing or mandatory vaccination. Instead, the government granted them financial support for rapid tests from 8 November 2021.
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Support to companies for the purchase of rapid antigenic tests, measure SI-2021-46/2122 (measures in Slovenia), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/SI-2021-46_2122.html
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