Slovenia: ANTICORONA PACKAGE – current measures to assist employers (update)

Submitted by cambrosio on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 17:53
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jadek-pensa.si (10.08.2020)

The main measures are, under certain conditions:

  • A full compensation reimbursement of employees’ salaries who have been temporarily laid-off due to the employer’s inability to provide work due to the consequences of the new coronavirus epidemic in the amount of 80% of the basic salary, and the exemption of payment of contributions tied to salary compensations, both to the maximum mentioned amount;
  • A full compensation reimbursement for employees’ salaries for their absence due to force majeure in the amount of 80% of the basic salary and exemption of payment of contributions relating to such salary compensations, both to the mentioned maximum amount;
  • Exemption of the payment of contributions for retirement and disability insurance and the obligation of paying a crisis allowance in the amount of EUR 200 for working employees;
  • Extraordinary assistance in the form of a basic monthly income for the self-employed (of 70% of the net minimum wage), religious servants and farmers (of 80 percent of full-time minimum wage to farmers or members of their farms suffering from COVID-19 disease due to their inability to work.); exemption for the payment of contributions for the self-employed, religious servants, partners and farmers;
  • A right to compensation during the temporary absence from work due to illness or injury by obligatory health insurance from the first day of the absence onward.
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The main measures are, under certain conditions:

  • A full compensation reimbursement of employees’ salaries who have been temporarily laid-off due to the employer’s inability to provide work due to the consequences of the new coronavirus epidemic in the amount of 80% of the basic salary, and the exemption of payment of contributions tied to salary compensations, both to the maximum mentioned amount;
  • A full compensation reimbursement for employees’ salaries for their absence due to force majeure in the amount of 80% of the basic salary and exemption of payment of contributions relating to such salary compensations, both to the mentioned maximum amount;
  • Exemption of the payment of contributions for retirement and disability insurance and the obligation of paying a crisis allowance in the amount of EUR 200 for working employees;
  • Extraordinary assistance in the form of a basic monthly income for the self-employed (of 70% of the net minimum wage), religious servants and farmers (of 80 percent of full-time minimum wage to farmers or members of their farms suffering from COVID-19 disease due to their inability to work.); exemption for the payment of contributions for the self-employed, religious servants, partners and farmers;
  • A right to compensation during the temporary absence from work due to illness or injury by obligatory health insurance from the first day of the absence onward.
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