January 2013 Annual Review 2012 on Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Slovenia By Goran Lukic* Content Summary Socio-economic developments Governmental policies and legislation Industrial relations Tripartite social dialogue Forecasts Annex- Information about: Collective bargaining, social dialogue, social security, education& vocational train­ing, employment, wages Trade unions and employer organizations * Goran Lukic, Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe Tadeusa Koscuska 8/5 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E-Mail: fes@fessoe.de Internet: www.fessoe.de The text is available online: www.fessoe.de The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert­Stiftung or of the organization for which the author works. 1. Executive summary Slovenia’s main economic indicators like GDP went down in 2012. In the first three quarters as a whole, it fell by-3.3% y-o-y, which is substantially lower than expected in IMAD's 1 Autumn Forecast 2011, which anticipated 2% GDP growth for 2012. The 1 Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development