Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe January 2011 Annual Review 2010 on Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Slovenia By Goran Luki ć * Content Executive 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 employers’ organizations * Goran Luki ć , expert on social issues, labour market and migration in the Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia(ZSSS) © 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 In 2010 Slovenia has gone through a very tough economic, social and political situation which is still going on. Although there are signs of economic recovery, when we look at the autumn forecast of economic trends for 2010, the number of legal entities with un­paid liabilities has risen from 4,870 in January 2010 to 5,715. An average daily amount of unpaid liabilities has risen from€273,883,564 to€ 363,459,843 for the same period (Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services, 2010). On 17 th June 2010 there were 192 bankruptcy procedures, which is a very high number compared to 278 bankruptcy procedures during the whole of 2009. In compari­son to October 2009, the value of construction works in October 2010 decreased by 17.6%. As regards building work, it decreased by 16.3% and regarding civil engineer­ing by 18.3%.(Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia(SORS), 2010) The num­ber of registered unemployed is not going down, but is stabilizing at around 100,000