1. Irena Svetin Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Type of contracts and Excessive Hours of Work in the Case of Slovenia

2. Jobs characteristics  extrinsic  intrinsic

3. Extrinsic characteristics  financial rewards,  working time,  reconciliation between work and family life,  job security,  opportunities for advancement

4. Intrinsic characteristics  job content,  job intensity,  risk of illness,  relationship with the others

5. High quality job implies:  better policies,  fair remuneration,  a work organisation adapted to the need of both businesses and individuals,  a balance between working and personal life,  guarantee of fundamental and social rights

6.  facilitating occupational and geographical mobility  based on high skills,  fair labour standards,  decent levels of occupational health and safety,  a high level of social protection,  real opportunities for all,  guarantee of fundamental and social rights

7. The Slovenian labour market trends  major changes during last two decades  stable, secure and safe employment during socialism  in the beginning of 1990’s changes in the employment mentality

8. Flexible employment  functional flexibility  financial flexibility  working mobility  flexibility in models and work organisation

9. Types of contracts  part-time working  non-permanent employment  shift work and work during asocial hours  staff leasing

10. Work contracts in Slovenia  work contract  specific task contract  authorship contract  business-cooperation contract

11. Excessive hours of work Directive on working time in EU:  at least 11 hours of day rest  weekly working hours: max. 48  yearly leave: min 4. weeks

12. Table 1: Employees usually working more than 48 hours by sectors of activity and sex, Slovenia, 2004 source: LFS

13. Table 2: Employees usually working more than 48 hours by major groups of occupation and sex, Slovenia 2004 source: LFS

14. Table 3: Preferences for part-time work at persons employed for full-time, Slovenia, 1999 source: Survey on labour market flexibility

15. Table 4: The choice of employed persons between increase in pay and shorter working time, Slovenia, 1999 source: Survey on labour market flexibility

16. Conclusion The flexible employment is a need and not only a possibility