20th regular session of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
SLOVENIA, October 13 – Act on emergency measures in healthcare to curb the spread of the infectious disease covid-19 and mitigate its consequences. determines measures to curb the spread and mitigate the consequences of the infectious disease COVID-19 in the fields of health, social care, work and insurance. The Government proposes that the National Assembly consider the law under an urgent procedure, as the worsening conditions in health care, which are partly the result of the infectious disease COVID-19 and partly the non-functioning of some subsystems, require immediate action and the provision of basic conditions for the efficient operation of the public health system, as well as measures to curb spread and mitigation of the consequences of the infectious disease COVID-19 in healthcare. The law also provides funds from the state budget for vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza, funds for the implementation of extended hospital treatment, funds for oxygen treatment during extended hospital treatment, funds for the performance of public health tasks and for self-testing with the HAG test, additional clinical specializations psychology, supplement for specialization in family medicine, etc.
Purpose Regulation on criteria for determining and assessing the number of households in energy poverty is to improve the planning and implementation of energy and social policies aimed at energy poverty. As energy prices have risen, energy poverty is increasingly perceived as an urgent challenge. In the long term, this will ensure a just transition of the most vulnerable members of society to a low-carbon society and a sustainable economy. The regulation specifies in more detail the criteria for determining and assessing the number of households in energy poverty. Among them are material deprivation, a high share of energy expenditure in relation to available income or above-average energy consumption, low energy efficiency of household premises and inadequate living conditions.
The government has become familiar with the proposal or Agreement on measures in the field of salaries and other labor costs in the public sector for the years 2022 and 2023, the proposal for an annex to the collective agreement for the public sector, the proposal for an annex to the collective agreement for non-economic activities and the proposal for annexes to the collective agreements of activities and professions, as well as the authorization of the competent minister to sign the agreement and annexes to the said collective agreements. Both sides have committed themselves that, after the conclusion of these negotiations, they will enter into coordination talks on systemic changes to the salary system in the public sector, with the aim of proposing changes to the existing law or a new law no later than June 30, 2023. on the wage system in the public sector with a signed statement on the level of harmonization of the text of the law’s articles, whereby the Government and the trade union will strive for the highest possible level of harmonization of the law. The parties also undertook to negotiate, in parallel with the coordination talks on systemic changes to the wage system, the elimination of wage disparities that arose in the period after the conclusion of the Agreement on wages and other labor costs in the public sector (Official Gazette of the RS No. 80/18), with the aim of reaching an agreement by June 30, 2023 at the latest on the elimination of salary disparities in basic salaries by taking into account the lower third of the salary scale. As stipulated in the agreement, negotiations and conciliation procedures will begin no later than one month after the signing of this agreement. The financial impact of the agreement is estimated at EUR 611 million.