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Improved doing business transparency with the Register of Beneficial OwnersThe Register of Beneficial Owners (register) provides for transparency of the ownership structures of business entities and gives those companies bound…

Changes to legislation on Court and Business RegistersThe purpose of Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS) is to facilitate cross-border trade and improve trust in the business transparency on the uniform…

New PDM Form »Eligible Candidate Check«In 2013 the Employment Relationship Act (Zakon o delovnih razmerjih; ZDR-1) and the Act Amending the Labour Market Regulation Act (Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah…

Changes in the Area of Employment of ForeignersAmendments to the Employment, Self-employment and Work of Foreigners Act (ZZSDT-A) and to the Foreigners Act (ZTuj-2E) introduce several changes. We will take…

Cultivation of GMOs in SloveniaThe EU is known for its strict and comprehensive regulation of GMOs. However, if GMOs passed the strict centralised authorisation procedure, they could have been cultivated…

Claiming compensation through collective actionsThe purpose of the Class Action Act (Zakon o kolektivnih tožbah; ZKolT) is to facilitate injured parties in claiming damages arising from a mass harm situation.…

What is the new tax reform all about?The proposed measures aim to restructure tax burdens, improve efficiency in collecting public duties and cut red tape, in order to increase the…

Landmark decision of ECtHR on monitoring employees’ communicationsIn Barbulescu vs. Romania (No. 61496/08), which we reported on in February 2016, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights…

A new Blockchain eraThe importance of this technology is being compared to that of the development of the Internet. Currently, the best known aspects of blockchain technology are cryptocurrencies and…

Non and late payment of salaries still the most common violationThe Labour Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSD) states in its report that, despite improved economic conditions, only slightly…