The minimum salary for full-time work from January 1, 2017 is 804.96 euros (gross).
In 2017, the minimum wage will be 1.8 percent or 14.23 euros higher than the minimum wage in 2016 (790.73 euros).
According to the Minimum Wage Act, the amount of the minimum wage is adjusted at least once a year to the increase in consumer prices. To harmonize the minimum wage, the official data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia on the year-on-year growth of consumer prices in December of the previous year compared to December of the previous year is used. The law also defines other criteria that, in addition to the rise in the prices of consumer goods, can be taken into account when determining the minimum wage, namely wage trends, economic conditions, i.e. economic growth and employment trends.
When harmonizing for 2017, they are in accordance with Minimum Wage Act (ZMinP) in addition to growth in the cost of living (0.5%) also took into account economic growth and changes in wages and employment in the previous year. In the first eleven months of the previous year, compared to the same period a year before, the average salary in the Republic of Slovenia increased by 1.8%.
The newly determined amount applies to work performed from January 1 onwards.
Minimum wage structure
The minimum wage already covers:
- the employee’s basic salary for a given month;
- the part of the salary for work performance and the allowances that belong to it, except for the allowance for work over full working time.
However, three allowances are exempted from the minimum wage: allowances for work in special working conditions, resulting from the distribution of working hours. They are:
- allowance for night work,
- supplement for work on Sunday and
- supplement for work on holidays and days off according to law.
It is also not possible to include in the minimum wage reimbursements of costs that the employer has to pay according to Act on Employment Relations obliged to pay the worker. For example reimbursement of expenses for meals during work, for transportation to and from work, per diem expenses and other expenses on a business trip, etc. The same applies to other benefits from the employment relationship (e.g. holiday pay, severance pay, jubilee awards).
Source: (MDDSZ)