How to regulate minimum wage in light of contemporary social change : a case study of Slovenia

Bobovnik, Andraž (author), Franca, Valentina (author)

Minimum wage stands as a fundamental right for work-ers and one of the oldest and most universal labour law standards in the world. Understanding the impact of labour market changes, demographic trends, and migration on minimum wage regulation could offer valuable insights into the future development of labour law institutes. This study focuses on how these trends affect the basic legal concept of the minimum wage and how they are affected by the legal regulation of the minimum wage. It draws upon a case study of minimum wage regulation in the Republic of Slovenia, with particular focus on social dialogue. In Slovenia, the minimum wage is legally de-termined, granting all employed individuals the right to receive it without differentiation based on domestic or foreign employment and irrespective of age. The right to a minimum wage has also been extended to cover certain non-standard forms of employment. An analysis of the min-imum wage framework in Slovenia has shown that, even in the changed landscape of the labour market, traditional labour law institutions remain an important civilisational achievement and value.

• Language: English
• Keywords: labour market, minimum wage, non-standard forms of employment, demography, migration
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FU - Faculty of Administration
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 145–166
• Numbering: Vol. 61, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-153414
• UDC: 349.2:331.215.53:314.114(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 2217-3986
• DOI: 10.59954/stnv.529
• COBISS.SI-ID: 179497219
• Publication date in RUL: 04.01.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Stanovništvo
• Shortened title: Stanovništvo
• Publisher: Institut društvenih nauka. Centar za demografska istraživanja
• ISSN: 2217-3986
• COBISS.SI-ID: 524357401

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Secondary language

• Language: Serbian (cyrillic)

Abstract

Minimalna, odnosno garantovana zarada jeste fundamentalno pravo radnika i jedan od najstari-jih univerzalnih standarda rada. Promene na tržištu rada, demografski trendovi i migracije mogu imati značajan uticaj na razvoj radnopravnih instituta u budućnosti. S tim u vezi, u radu se sagle-davaju implikacije navedenih fenomena na pravni i konceptualni okvir instituta minimalne za-rade, kao i vice versa odnosno na koji način pozitivna pravna regulativa o minimalnoj zaradi utiče na njih. Istraživanje je zasnovano na analizi pravnog okvira minimalne zarade u Republici Sloveniji, sa posebnim fokusom na socijalni dijalog. U Republici Sloveniji je minimalna zarada utvrđena za-konom, kojim se svim zaposlenim licima garantuje pravo na minimalnu zaradu. Zakon ne pravi razliku između domaćih i stranih radnika niti pak predviđa različitost tretmana uzimajući u obzir starosni kriterijum, s tim da utvrđuje pravo na minimalnu zaradu za određene kategorije radnika angažovanih u nestandardnim formama rada. Analiza normativnog okvira minimalne zarade u Republici Sloveniji pokazala je da, čak i u promenjenim okolnostima na tržištu rada, nastalim kao posledica socijalnih i demografskih promena, tradicionalni radnopravni instituti i dalje predsta-vljaju značajno civilizacijsko dostignuće i važnu opštečovečansku vrednost.

• Keywords: trg dela, minimalna plača, nestandardne oblike zaposlitve, demografija, migracija, tržište rada, minimalna zarada, nestandardne forme rada, demografija, migracije