Part-time work has been established at the European and Slovenian level as one of the flexible forms of employment for a long time. The data show that in the EU in 2009 on average, 16.5% of workers worked part-time in the European Union, followed by an upward trend, which in 2018 reached 18 %. We rarely intervene in this form of employment in Slovenia, as in 2018 only 9,1 % of employees signed a contract for part-time work. According to surveys, the reason for this is to be found in dissatisfaction with the lower payment of pension contributions and the basis for their payment.
The Covid-19 epidemic has increased the part-time work in Slovenia. Funding for this way of working has been made possible by the European Commission by introducing loans to Member States under the SURE instrument. This makes it possible to maintain jobs in companies which, due to lower workloads, were temporarily unable to provide work during the epidemic. The measure helps that employers do not lay off these workers, the schemes help maintain continued employment during the recession and speed up the economy after the recession.
The conclusions are that this form of work is beneficial for the state, even in normal working conditions, (affects lower unemployment, better living conditions and employee health), the employer (shows higher work efficiency, lower costs, wages and social security contributions and faster flexibility of the workforce) and the worker (due to greater flexibility and easier reconciliation of private and professional life).
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