Mini Jobs Act Defeated in Referendum

Ljubljana, 10 April - The act on mini jobs, which reforms student work and introduces new forms of temporary jobs, was decisively defeated in Sunday's referendum, in what is seen as a vote of no-confidence for the government, presaging difficulties in the implementation of much tougher reforms.

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) vice-president Zvonko Cernac (second from left) comments the defeat of the mini jobs act in a referendum.
Photo: Nada Mihajlovic/STA

Ljubljana
Opposition Democrats (SDS) vice-president Zvonko Cernac (second from left) comments the defeat of the mini jobs act in a referendum.
Photo: Nada Mihajlovic/STA

Ljubljana
Proponents of the referendum (the ZSSS trade union confederation and the Movement for Decent Work and Welfare Society) celebrate the referendum defeat of the mini jobs act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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ZSSS trade union confederation president Dusan Semolic responds to the partial unofficial results of a referendum on the mini jobs act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
ZSSS trade union confederation president Dusan Semolic (left) and Marko Funkl (right), the head of the Movement for Decent Work and Welfare Society, celebrate the defeat of the mini jobs act in a referendum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Funkl, the head of the Movement for Decent Work and Welfare Society, responds to the partial unofficial results of a referendum on the mini jobs act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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