​​Central

Central government is responsible for:

• Overall employment and labour policy;
• Implementation of the Law on New Labour, 2014, which saw to an easing of employment protection (from previously being one of the strictest policies in Europe);
• Regulation of terms of employment;
• Labour market and active employment policy;
• Social partnership and relations with trade unions and employers' associations;
• Improvement of the system at work;
• Pension insurance system and policy;
• Unemployment benefits;
• Monitoring frameworks and compliance assessments on EU regulations;
• Labour status of Croatians employed abroad, their return and employment in the country;
• Working status of foreigners employed in Republic of Croatia.

Regional

Regional authorities have responsibilities to:

• Establish a regional economic and social committee (a consultative body for tripartite cooperation);
• Establish a regional development agency;
• Keep records and issue certificates of unemployment etc., mediate between employers and persons seeking jobs, monitor the needs of workers;
• Organise and implement, independently or in cooperation with social partners, educational institutions and other legal persons, vocational guidance and education programs and other forms of active employment policy;
• Cooperate with educational institutions;
• Monitor the implementation of education programs;
• Carry out the employment of Croatians abroad and protect their rights;
• Submit to the Government of the Republic of Croatia and to the Economic and Social Council once a year a report on the work of the Institute.
  
  

​Local

Local authorities have responsibilities for:

• Establishment a local economic and social committee (a consultative body for tripartite cooperation);
• Employment intermediary;
• Monitoring and updating data on unemployed persons;
• Implementing active employment policy measures and conducting vocational training;
• Advocating and protection of temporarily unemployed persons;
• Sharing information about the unemployment rate at the local level.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Central

• Ministry of Labour and Pension System

Regional

• Regional authorities - counties (županije)

• State Administration Office, Croatian Employment Service

Local

• Local authorities - municipalities and cities (općine i gradovi)

• Local employment services

 
Sources

Ministry of Labour and Pension System.

Law on  Labour Market (NN 93/14)

Law on Employment Promotion (NN 57/12, 120/12 and 16/17)

Law on work - editorially cleared text, (NN 93/2014 and 127/2017)

Decision on the provision of Law on amendments to the Law on work

Law on Labour Market  (NN 118/18)