Business owners in Slovenia can apply for governmental support if the spread of coronavirus affected their business in Slovenia. But applying for the support also means abiding by the conditions that the governmental institutions impose. In case a business owner applies for support but then violates the terms, the government prescribe high penalties. We are assessing the offenses and penalties in this article.
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Penalties for business owners under the new Intervention Act
Companies who commit any of the assessed offenses can expect penalties. The prescribed penalties are high and can range from 3.000 EUR to 20.000 EUR.
What are the offenses for which you can expect penalties?
The law defines the following acts of employers as offenses:
- failure to pay salaries to employees on waitlist or employees who do not work due to force majeure,
- assigning overtime for workers who are employed at the time they receive wage compensation,
- if the employer does not inform the Employment office of Slovenia, if he calls back to work employees on waitlist,
- if the employer does not inform the Employment office of Slovenia that the employee who has been absent from work for reasons of force majeure has returned to work,
- not enabling administrative and financial control to the Employment office of Slovenia
- if the employer does not inform the Financial Administration of Slovenia of the subsequent determination of non-compliance with the rights under the Intervention Act.
What are penalties for smaller companies and sole proprietors?
Companies with up to 10 employees would be fined 1.500 EUR to 8.000 EUR for the offenses in the previous paragraph.
A sole proprietor would receive penalties ranging between 450 EUR and 1,200 EUR for an individual offense.
Legal representatives will also be fined
In cases where the employer received a penalty for an offense under the new Act, the legal representative of the company can also expect a penalty.
The fines range from 450 EUR to 2000 EUR for an individual offense.
Are you a company owner in Slovenia? Do you need help in understanding the governmental measures that your company could apply for? Attend our free webinars on governmental measures during coronavirus in Slovenia. Apply here or call our experts on +386 1 6006 270, Viber/Whatsapp +386 40 530 718 or write to us on data@data.si.
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