2006 Annual Report 

Financing of the ESS

Financing of the activity implemented by the ESS is defined by Article 60 of the Act. Financing sources for unemployment insurance (unemployment benefits and unemployment assistant), monetary help and other transfers to the unemployed are partly enabled from the employees' and employers' contributions from paid wages, and partly from other sources of the national budget.

The height of contribution rate for employment remained unchanged in comparison with previous years, i.e. for employees it is set at 0.14 % and for employers at 0.06 %. According to the information of the Public Payments Administration, resources from this title for 2006 amounted to 5,511,030 thousand tolars, which represents only 19.3 % of resources necessary to ensure rights arising from insurance against unemployment.

Resources for financing measures, activities and sub-activities implemented by the ESS are defined on the basis of contract relationships with the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs (in continuation MLFSA).

For protection of the unemployed and implementation of active employment policy and scholarships, resources in the amount of 63,681,612 thousand tolars were realized in accordance with the accounting principle of cash flow from resources of the national budget for 2006 and resources of the European Social Fund. In accordance with the mentioned regulation, expenditure of resources in the amount of 63,685,626 thousand tolars was recorded.

Resources for financing professional tasks and the ESS work for 2006 were also defined on the basis of contract relationships with the MLFSA. They were realized in the amount of 6,244,277 thousand tolars. In addition, we also realized non-budgetary revenues in the amount of 298,098 thousand tolars. Here belong revenues realized on the basis of international projects, revenues achieved by issuing work permits, revenues from the sale of goods and services, interest income, rent income, etc. Total realization thus amounted to 6,542,375 thousand tolars.

Resources for financing professional tasks and the ESS work were used in the amount of 6,525,406 thousand tolars. The largest share of used resources is represented by costs of the employees' work, which amounted to 4,949,008 thousand tolars for monthly average of 879 employees (on the basis of work hours, including overtime). Material costs, which also include the payroll tax, were realized in the amount of 1,576,398 thousand tolars.

Profit or loss of the ESS work for 2006 shows a surplus of income over expenditures in the amount of 16,969 thousand tolars.

On the basis of various sources, resources for investment transfers were realized in the amount of 436,883 thousand tolars. Investments in business space and equipment amounted to 252,359 thousand tolars and investments into the information system modernization came to 184,524 thousand tolars.

Image 6: Structure of expenditure by basic purpose, 2006

 

ESS directly and indirectly contributes to the increase of employment of the population in Slovenia by:

  • enabling effective and transparent consumption of resources intended for implementation of AEP measures for the current year,

  • promoting and modernizing co-operation with employers and, with its public service of placement, enabling the recruitment of labour force from official records of unemployed persons in the Republic of Slovenia,

  • enabling timely and suitable recognition of material rights to users of the ESS public services,

  • implementing assistance in the development of vocational career for service users,

  • developing partnership in development of human resources,

  • being comparable with the best and most effective public institutes in the EU,

  • actively striving to increase all types of labour mobility in Slovenia,

  • creatively and actively contributing to the development of employment policy in Slovenia in co-operation with the Ministry of Work, Family and Social Affairs

Basic Goals of the Employment Service of Slovenia

  • To shorten the registration period of unemployed people at the ESS, using an efficient approach

  • To achieve comparability with the EU employment services with the quality development of services

  • To proactively co-operate with the ESS’ partners in order to achieve the key targets of labour market development

  • To release funds for the word with difficult-to-employ people with the development of contemporary forms of work

  • To guarantee the ESS’ users their material rights timely and adequately

Basic Activities of the Employment Service of Slovenia

  • Job mediating and careers advice

  • Implementation of unemployment insurance

  • Employment policy measures and programmes

  • Issuing of employment and work permits for foreign workers

  • National programme of scholarships for young people

  • Formulation of analytical, developmental and other material on basic areas of ESS activity

  • Provision of information on the labour market

 

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