This master’s thesis studies a legal analysis and bases for the renewal of the salary system for doctors in the Republic of Slovenia. Based on a study of the salary system currently in force in the Republic of Slovenia, it was determined that it contains numerous systemic weaknesses, which is the main reason for the preparation of bases for the renewal of the salary system in the public sector. Among the key weaknesses are mainly the lack of coordination of the salary scale, disproportionate increase in salaries for other professional categories and legal restrictions provided in the second paragraph of Article 7 of the Public Sector Salary System Act, restricting advancement for the subgroup E1 – doctors and dentists to the 57th pay step at most.
Even though salaries in the public sector, including salaries for doctors, are regulated by the Public Sector Salary System Act and the Collective Agreement for Public Sector at the normative level, there are many disparities between salary grades in the current salary system when comparing doctors and other civil servants. This is also one of the most important reasons why doctors strive to withdraw from the salary system, as they believe that the current salary system is not fair and encouraging enough for their line of work. In particular, the problem is that salaries are normally regulated by collective agreements based on negotiations between the government of the Republic of Slovenia and representative syndicates, causing even greater disparities between salaries in the public system.
A comparison with Romania showed that Slovenian and Romanian bases are similar, especially from three points of view: equal salary regardless of one’s length of service, determination of salary base which is not lower than the minimal salary established at the state level and equal salary for work at comparable workplaces. They differ, however, in the established proportion of salaries between the lowest and the highest salaries and the remuneration and advancement of civil servants. With respect to Romanian bases, it would make sense to consider remuneration of public servants in Slovenia, where the proportion between variable work and basic salary would amount to 30%.
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