Forms of Work in Agriculture

The author discusses forms of work (the term employment for both contracts of employment and civil law contracts is used) in agriculture. She argues that the agricultural holding, organised as a legal entity, is the predominant legal organisational form of employment in the agricultural sector. The author gives a brief overview of the legal regulation of agricultural workers. In addition to employment contracts under the provisions of the Slovenian Employment Relationship Act (Zakon o delovnih razmerjih – ZDR-1), in the agricultural sector are also possible on the basis of civil law contracts, in particular under the provisions of the Obligations Code (Obligacijski zakonik – OZ). A new form of a civil law contract has been introduced by the Agriculture Act (Zakon o kmetijstvu – ZKme-1). This is a contract for temporary or occasional work, which the author critically assesses from the perspective of its regulation as a civil law contract and its necessity.

Key words: agricultural holding organised as a legal entity, forms of employment temporary or occasional work contract.