No Layoffs in the Public Sector for Now. Janša Announces New Referendum
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The Slovenian government does not plan to reduce staff numbers in the public sector in the next two years, and would seek the public's opinion in a consultative referendum before a later restructuring, Prime Minister Janez Jansa announced on Sunday when presenting the 2027 and 2028 budget draft.
The public sector is expected to see changes, but for now this does not mean layoffs. There will be no 10% reduction in the number of employees in the next two years, Janez Janša assured, but employees will be reassigned to other jobs. He also announced a new consultative referendum, in which citizens would decide on "restructuring and reducing bureaucracy". This could take place this year, according to the Prime Minister.
According to the Prime Minister, the government does not plan to cut staff in the public sector in the next two years.
The issue of the public sector has become one of the hottest political topics in recent weeks.
The government met this morning at a session where it adopted the proposed state budgets for the next two years, setting out a reduction in the deficit to two percent of GDP by 2028. "There will be no new taxes," said the finance minister.
Prime Minister Janez Janša in Celje: "Approximately 50 thousand employees from the public sector must be transferred to the economy, which now has to rely on foreign labor. There is a large reserve in the public sector and no one needs to be left without a job." Prime Minister Janez Janša said in a conversation at the opening of the 58th International Crafts Fair (MOS) in […] The post Public sector: Plus 70,000 people and almost doubled wage bil…
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