Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Slovenia (Ratification: 1992)

Articles 2–5 of the Convention. Policy to promote paid educational leave. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in November 2013. The Committee takes note of the amendments made in 2013 to the Employment Relationship Act which provides that if an employer refers a worker for education, training or further training (if the needs of the working process so require or if it may prevent the cancellation of the employment contract for reasons of incompetence or for business reasons), the costs of that education, training or further training shall be borne by the employer. The Committee invites the Government to continue providing information on the measures taken, within the framework of a national policy on paid educational leave, to contribute to the attainment of the objectives set out in Article 3 of the Convention as well as on the manner in which such policy is coordinated with general policies concerning employment, education and training (Article 4). Please continue providing information on how the arrangements for paid educational leave are financed (Article 7).

Article 2(c). Paid educational leave for the purpose of trade union education. In its 2005 direct request, the Committee had noted that the conditions for granting paid educational leave for the purpose of trade union education were set out in sectoral collective agreements under which the right to paid educational leave was only granted to trade union representatives. It had also noted that more favourable provisions in this regard may be provided under specific agreements with the employer. The Committee asks the Government to supply information on other measures envisaged to extend the granting of paid educational leave for the purpose of trade union education to workers other than those with trade union responsibilities (Article 2(c)). Please also include extracts of the relevant collective agreements, together with extracts of reports, studies or inquiries relating to the practical application of the Convention, and available statistics on the number of workers granted paid educational leave (Part V of the report form).