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There’s a petition going around to encourage the government to provide help for the self-employed, and specifically those making less than €20,000 a year, and those making less than the minimum salary. It’s easy to sign, has drawn a lot of attention and may already be having an effect.
As of March 16, the news was “the Economy Ministry is preparing measures to help self-employed affected by the coronavirus epidemic in Slovenia as part of a bill to subsidy pay of temporarily laid-off employees. Social security contributions payments for sole proprietors are to be deferred”, writes Total Slovenia News.
There are more than 100,000 self-employed in Slovenia, which is more than 12% of the working population. With the crippling public life and economic downturn, many of them have already been hit hard by the coronavirus epidemic, as they have lost their jobs, which will also cause them difficulties in settling compulsory social security contributions.
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