Hallo zusammen,
Ich bin 23 und vor Kurzem nach Slowenien gekommen. Ich arbeite hier in einem chinesischen Restaurant und fühle mich gefangen und hilflos.
Als ich ankam, war ich verängstigt und allein. Ich kannte weder die Sprache noch das System und hatte niemanden, der mir helfen konnte. Aber die Menschen und die Landschaften hier sind wunderschön, und das hat mir Mut gemacht.
Das Restaurant, in dem ich arbeite, ist sehr hart. Ich arbeite jeden Tag etwa 13 Stunden. Ich wache sehr früh auf und arbeite ununterbrochen bis spät in die Nacht. Die meisten meiner Aufgaben sind die schmutzigsten und schwersten Arbeiten – schwere Dinge bewegen, putzen, waschen – und es gibt keinen wirklichen Schutz für meine Sicherheit.
Als ich zum ersten Mal kam, verletzte ich mich schwer an der Hand. Die Wunde war groß, aber ich musste weiterarbeiten. Manchmal habe ich während der Arbeit still geweint und gehofft, dass die Verletzung heilen würde. Jetzt sind meine Hände voller Narben.
Das Schlimmste ist, dass mein Chef immer wieder sagt, ich tue nicht genug. Egal wie viel ich arbeite, es reicht ihm nie.
Und jetzt hat er mir meine Aufenthaltskarte genommen. Er hat Angst, dass ich zu einem anderen Job gehe, deshalb weigert er sich, ihn zurückzugeben. Ich fühle mich völlig gefangen. Ich kenne die normalen Arbeitszeiten in slowenischen Restaurants nicht und kenne meine Rechte nicht.
Aufgrund meines Zeitplans habe ich nachts nur etwa zwei Stunden Zeit, um mein Telefon zu benutzen. Ich kann kaum kommunizieren oder Hilfe suchen.
Ich teile dies, weil ich hoffe, dass niemand sonst diese Angst und Hilflosigkeit erleben muss. Wenn jemand weiß, wie das Arbeitsrecht in Slowenien funktioniert, oder wenn Sie einen Rat für jemanden in meiner Situation haben, helfen Sie mir bitte.
Vielen Dank fürs Lesen.
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At last call the police and tell them everything. They should help you.
Thats defenetliy not normal to work 13hours every day.. I saw one teen chinese guy who was working here same as you like alot of hours and he quit job for searching for another one. Normal here is 8 hours of work. I would really like to help you but I dont know how to help in this situation. Hope u will find better solution. U really deserve better
I read through your post yesterday and I’m sorry to hear what you’re going through. Other people already gave some good ideas yesterday.
Contact at least one or possibly all of the following over email:
* Delavska svetovalnica (IMPORTANT): [https://delavskasvetovalnica.si/kontakt/](https://delavskasvetovalnica.si/kontakt/)
* Slovenska filantropija: [https://www.filantropija.org/en/contact-us/](https://www.filantropija.org/en/contact-us/)
* Društvo za nenasilno komunikacijo (if you are experiencing violence): [https://www.drustvo-dnk.si/en/contact.html](https://www.drustvo-dnk.si/en/contact.html)
* Društvo Ključ (depending on if you arrived here willingly): [https://drustvo-kljuc.si/sl/o-drustvu-kljuc/](https://drustvo-kljuc.si/sl/o-drustvu-kljuc/)
What’s illegal:
* Working hours + overtime exceeds max 56h/week.
* Your employer cannot confiscate your residence permit.
* Possibly other health and work violations (hand bruising, mobbing, heavy lifting)
What you need to do as soon as possible is to describe your situation to at least one of the contacts above. You don’t need to bother with writing a long email, you can just copypaste what you’ve written here in English or link them the Reddit thread.
I sincerely and urgently recommend at least contacting Delavska svetovalnica: they’re specialised in exactly this sort of thing with foreigners employed in inhumane conditions and they will absolutely assist you and help you figure out how to change your employer while keeping your residentship. They’ll also contact other organizations to help you relocate away from your boss and get you settled elsewhere, so you won’t have to fear of any reprisals from your boss.
Do not contact the police or government Inspectorate until you’ve consulted Delavska svetovalnica, at the very least. They will help you report this to government agencies once your situation is at least somewhat resolved, so the employer can’t take it out on you. Good luck!
where in Slovenia? There is litteraly 10 chinese restaurants, wed like to know
I can’t add anything more than others have already suggested, but when this whole thing is over, and you are safe, please post the name of the restuarant so I make sure to never visit it.
Like others are saying, you should contact the authorities or at least activist groups because Slovenia is not the type of a country where people would take this ligtly, fortunatley.
You should, however, immediatley disclose to the authorities if your boss is a member of a triad. I’ve never heard of a triad in Slovenia, but i guess it’s not impossible.
Another thing i would ask you, if you feel like answering it, is where is your familiy? How did you get here? Does you family know you are here? Is your boss related to you?
This country is very social security inclined so you will be able to stay here when you get rescued from your current employer.
What you are describing is human trafficking. Please seek help from the police immediately or if you want I can seek help for you from police on your behalf. Or I can give you contact of my friend who is a social worker and she can do more for you than I know how.
I wish you to be able to get out of this situation as soon as possible, no one should live in such hard and unsure conditions. Please keep us updated on your wellbeing
Owww no this is horrible : / It’s against the law to intimidate workers like that. Employer is not allowed to force you to work 13 hour work days. There are some very helpful places that you can turn to: [https://delavskasvetovalnica.si/kontakt/](https://delavskasvetovalnica.si/kontakt/)
„When I first came, I badly injured my hand. The wound was large, but I had to keep working.“ This is messed up. Employer must allow you to have medical leave for medical checkup and recovery!
„Now my hands are covered in scars.“
Yeah that’s messed up…it’s what happens when you don’t give wounds proper healing :/ that’s all result of your employer’s ignorance.
„there is no real protection for my safety“
there are laws in place that protect workers at their work place but yeah authorities need to find out about it
I’m so sorry you’re experienced such exploitation in our country. I hope you find courage to contact all the relevant authorities( some other commenters pointed out some other places that you can contact for help ). This exploitation has to stop. I wish you all the best. You are still young and hopefully you can experience much more pleasant things in Slovenia when help reaches you. Sending you caring hugs and loves!