Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97) - Slovenia (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes the observations by the Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia (AFTUS) annexed to the Government’s report.

Articles 2 and 4. Provision of accurate information and assistance. The Committee notes that the Ministry of Interior is distributing brochures and leaflets (in several languages) and has created a website (April 2010) to facilitate the integration of foreigners in Slovenian society and their entry and residence, and also notes the information provided on the activities of “INFO point”. The Committee also refers to its comments on the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143). The Committee asks the Government to confirm that the services offered by INFO point are free of charge and to continue to provide information on the measures taken to provide free assistance and accurate information to migrant workers.

Article 6(1)(b). Equal treatment with respect to social security. The Committee notes that AFTUS draws attention to the increasing number of cases of employers deregistering foreign workers from social security before their contracts have ended, with the effect that under applicable legislation such workers, in addition to losing health insurance, face revocation of their temporary residence permit, and thus their work permit. Please reply to the observations raised by AFTUS.

Article 8. Non-return of permanent workers in the event of incapacity to work. The Committee notes the Government’s confirmation that the permanent residence permit cannot be repealed due to non-fulfilment of the condition for sufficient means of survival.

Part IV of the report form. Enforcement. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on the results of the relevant activities of the labour inspection service, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, and on whether courts or other tribunals have issued decisions involving questions of principle relating to the application of the Convention. If so, please supply the text of these decisions.

Statistics. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that more than half of all the work permits are issued to persons originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina; of the 50,293 personal work permits issued as of July 2010, 28,198 permits were for nationals of this country, followed by Croatia (6,750) and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (4,126). In July 2010, employment permits amounted to 18,833 and permits for work totalled 5,556. The total number of persons that entered without a work permit was 71. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide statistical data, disaggregated by sex and origin, on migration flows to Slovenia, including information on the type of work permits granted and the sectors in which migrants are employed.