Initiatives and broader issues

Starejši ženski, ena na invalidskem vozičku, ob morju

Institutional care

03/14/2025

A timely decision on a family member's right to a caregiver can be key to timely and effective assistance

Summary:

The Ombudsman was contacted by a complainant who was caring for her disabled mother, and they had been waiting for five months for a decision on...

Social benefits, grants and scholarships

03/10/2025

Prolonged wait for expert opinions from the URI Soča and ZPIZ according to the ZSVI

Summary:

If URI Soča and the ZPIZ do not provide expert opinions in a timely manner in accordance with the ZSVI, centres for social work cannot issue the...

Disability insurance

03/03/2025

Prolonged decision-making on the right to assistance and care allowance

Summary:

The Ombudsman found a violation of the principle of good administration due to the lengthy decision-making process of the Pension and Disability...

Social Security

02/19/2025

Due to the illegal actions of the ZPIZ and ZZZS, the complainant suffered harm

Summary:

The Ombudsman was contacted by a self-employed woman who was receiving a partial ZPIZ benefit for half of her working time and sick leave for half of...

deklica z Downovim sindromom pred ogledalom

Social Security

01/17/2025

Procedures for the extension of the right must not be aimed at themselves

Summary:

Although the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia did not recognise in the current legal system any interference with the rights of...

Pension insurance

12/20/2024

When calculating the old-age pension, only the insured person's care for a child who reaches the age of 1 is taken into account as a bonus

Summary:

With its conduct the Institute for Pension and Disability Insurance, which did not take into account the birth of all three of her children, but only...