The Law on Internship regulates the procedure and conditions for realization of internship, the rights and obligations of the intern and the employer where the internship is carried out, the contract for internship and the record of internship.
According to this Law, “Internship” is a work activity that includes a work component through learning and acquiring practical work skills, which is realized in a limited period of time, with the aim of gaining practical and professional experience, in order to improve employability and help the transition to regular employment.
It is particularly important to note that the term “internship” does not mean performing:
– traineeship,
– volunteer experience and
-trial work (all 3 categories covered by the Law on Labor Relations), as well as
-training, retraining and retraining in accordance with the Law on employment and insurance in case of unemployment.
Internship implies a limited period spent as an intern at a certain employer, whereby an intern can be any person who performs an internship at an employer in order to acquire practical knowledge and skills that will help him improve his employability in the labor market. labor and which meets the conditions established by the Law on Internship, while an employer means a legal or natural person, as well as another entity (state government body, body of a local self-government unit, subsidiary of a foreign company, diplomatic and consular representation), which employs workers based on an employment contract.
The intern should meet the following conditions:
– not to be employed,
– not to be older than 34 years and
– to have completed at least primary education.
The duration of the internship is organized, that is, the same person can do internship with the same employer only once, and for a maximum of six months.
The employer also has a limit on the number of interns he can hire, which number depends on the total number of employees at the employer.
In order to perform an internship, an internship contract must be concluded. The law also stipulates a limitation for which such an agreement cannot be concluded, i.e. an internship contract cannot be concluded for the performance of work and tasks for a specific existing job, for which an employment contract can be concluded, i.e. the intern cannot can perform regular work duties, as well as an internship contract cannot be concluded with a person who was previously employed by the same employer or another employer for a position with the same or similar tasks as an internship and the employment relationship lasted no less than three months.
During the internship with the employer, the intern has the right to a monthly allowance which is paid by the employer.
For the duration of the internship, the work of the intern is monitored by a mentor who must be a person employed by the employer who is in charge of organizing the internship and monitoring the intern’s progress and who ensures the achievement of learning goals during the internship.