1	Employment and Work of Foreigners and Workers from the EU
2	Legal Sources Employment and Work of Foreigners Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 66/2000, 101/2005) Rules on the Procedures and Evidence for the Adoption of Decisions on the Issue of Work Permits (Ur. l. RS, No. 120/2005) Rules on the Procedure of Registration and Revocation of Foreigner Work (Ur. l. RS, No. 7/2001) Decree on the Determination of the Cases in Which Foreigner Employment is not Connected to the Labour Market due to the Nature of Work (Ur. l. RS, No. 7/2001, 94/2005) Rules on Recording Employment and Work of Workers from the EU (Ur. l. RS, No. 45/2004) Decree on the Quota of Work Permits for 2005 (Ur. l. RS, No. 31/2005)
3	Type of Work Permit Personal work permit Employment permits Permits for work Permits for work, which substitutes for a work permit
4	Types of work permits Personal work permit - for refugees, - for asylum seekers and persons with temporary protection, - for self-employed people, - for immediate family members, - for descendants of immigrants, - for foreigners with a permanent residence Personal work permits are not subject to quota restrictions.
5	Types of work permits Employment permits Conditions for issuing work permits: - insufficient domestic unemployed persons - unfilled quotas - the person’s employment should not have harmful effects on the labour market
6	Types of work permits Permits for work - for referred or appointed workers, - for movement of persons within an enterprise, - for supplemental education and training in Slovene enterprises - for managers, - for seasonal jobs /construction, agriculture, general/ - for training, - for contractual services
7	Types of work permits Permits for work, which substitutes for a work permit - for artist performances, - for trade fair services, - for services related to the delivery and repair of goods, - for emergency services.
8	Conditions for Issuing Work Permits Unused quotas Non-existence of adequate domestic unemployed persons The employment should not have harmful effects on the labour market other special conditions, defined according to individual permit types
9	Time of Validity Personal work permit: - 3 months, 1 year, 3 years, unlimited period of time Employment permits, - usually for 1 year; first employment: 4 months Permits for work - for cross-border services: 3 months, - for appointed workers: up to 1 year, - for supplemental education: up to 3 months in the last 2 years, - for seasonal jobs: agriculture: 6 months, construction: 9 months, - for agents: 2 years, - for contractual workers: up to 1 year.
10	Number of work permits 1992 - 2005
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13	Valid Work Permits as at 31 December 2005
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15	Employment of Workers from the EU-15 In complicance with the Accession Treaty to the European Union and the implementation of the transitional period, the principle of reciprocity applies to the workers from the EU-15 (EU member countries before the recent enlargment). The obligation to obtain work permits (just like it applies to the foreigners) still applies to those countries which put into force the transitional period and did not open their labour market for the Slovene citizens. In Slovenia there are no limits in employment anymore and no obligatory work permits for the workers from countries which do not exercise the transitional period. So far, free movement of workforce has been set up between Slovenia and Great Britain, Ireland and Sweden.
16	Employment of Workers from the New EU Member Countries and Countries Which Do Not Exercise the Transitional Period Free movement of workforce has been applied among the new member countries since joining the EU (1 May 2004 onwards). While being employed or seeking jobs, the workers from these countries are in equal position with the host member state’s workers. In case of employment, these workers do not need work permits but the employer taking on such a worker must register him/her as an EU worker.
17	Delivery of Services Delivery of services among the EU countries is free (free movement of services). No work permits are needed for the EU workers reffered to Slovenia by the EU companies and the EU workers carrying out individual services in Slovenia, but the Slovene employer who places an order for such services must register these workers as EU workers (due to registration – recording the number of reffered workers in Slovenia).
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