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Prime Minister’s press conference
At today's 78th regular session, The Slovenian Government, alongside other resolutions, adopted the text of the Employees Participation in Profit Sharing Act and the Decree Fixing the Highest Ratios for Basic Pay and the Amount of Variable Income of Managers. The Slovenian Prime Minister, Borut Pahor, and the responsible ministers outlined the major resolutions, and Mr Pahor then answered a number of topical questions.
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The Slovenian Government adopted the text of the Employees Participation in Profit Sharing Act. The aim of the draft Act is to simplify procedures, to eliminate payment deferral and to modify tax-related treatment of the profit paid to employees and, as a consequence, to encourage the broadest possible application of this Act and the distribution of profit among employees. The Act also explicitly requires the observation of the principle of due care that applies to all stakeholders and bodies giving incentives or taking part in the preparation and implementation of profit sharing. It further stipulates that all stakeholders shall act in accordance with the principle of due care and diligence.
The ministerial corps today also adopted the Decree Fixing the Highest Ratios for Basic Pay and the Amount of Variable Income of Managers. The aim of this Decree is to limit the basic pay of managers by fixing the highest ratio against the average gross salary paid in the preceding financial year in companies and groups of companies.
Prime Minister Pahor first recalled that today we are celebrating the Earth Day and pointed out the importance of the environmental aspect of sustainable policies. "Slovenia is a beautiful country. However, we must keep it clean and tidy if we want it to remain attractive to both, ourselves and foreign tourists." Mr Pahor went on to announce a special Government meeting on tourism to take place in May in Lipica. The main topic of the meeting will be measures to promote tourism. Prime Minister Pahor said that "the market niche for the Slovenian tourism may perhaps be found in the current slogan – high-quality, but affordable, healthy and green tourism." When asked about the new minister of agriculture, Mr Pahor said that so far, he has not found an adequate candidate for this post. There were, however, two possible candidates who turned down his offer stating as the reason a low ministerial salary, which surprised him. "We are talking about renowned experts who earn well and see no reason why they should, for a bad salary, walk on stage, put their reputation at stake and risk loosing their references as experts," added Prime Minister Pahor. As regards the disclosure of the contract on renting business premises for the National Bureau of Investigation, Mr Pahor charged the responsible ministers with the task to review legal options that could enable the Government to refrain from concluding any business transactions with the company Ram Invest until the end of its term of office. "What I have in mind is the culture of contractual partners who must trust each other. Yesterday, one of them – Minister Kresal – faced a severe credibility test, while her contractor did not wish to disclose the relevant contract, which could have confirmed Ms Kresal's statements. OK, he has got this right, but I, as Prime Minister, have the right to prevent it from happening again," explained Mr Pahor.