Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy
| Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Government of Croatia |
| Headquarters | Ulica grada Vukovara 78, Zagreb |
| Employees | 610 (2025)[1] |
| Annual budget | EUR 10.7 billion (2025)[2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | mrosp |
The ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which performs administrative and other tasks related to employment policy, regulation of labor relations, labor market and active employment policy, system and policy of pension insurance and relations with trade unions and employers associations in the area of employment relations.
List of ministers
[edit]Minister of Labour and Veteran and Disability Issues (1990–1991)
[edit]| Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Days in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Črnja | HDZ | 30 May 1990 | 4 March 1991 | 278 | |
Ministers of Labour, Social Welfare and Family (1991–1993)
[edit]| Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Days in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardo Jurlina | HDZ | 4 March 1991 | 15 April 1992 | 408 | |
| Josip Juras | HDZ | 15 April 1992 | 3 April 1993 | 353 | |
Ministers of Labour and Social Welfare (1993–2003)
[edit]| Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Days in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josip Juras | HDZ | 3 April 1993 | 12 October 1993 | 192 | |
| Ivan Parać | HDZ | 12 October 1993 | 27 January 1995 | 472 | |
| Joso Škara | HDZ | 27 January 1995 | 27 January 2000 | 1,826 | |
| Davorko Vidović | SDP | 27 January 2000 | 23 December 2003 | 1,426 | |
From 23 December 2003 to 23 December 2011 the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare was split between two ministries. The social welfare portfolio was merged with the Ministry of Health and the labour portfolio was merged with the Ministry of Economy.
Ministers of Labour and Pension System (2011–2020)
[edit]| Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Days in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirando Mrsić | SDP | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | 1,491 | |
| Nada Šikić | HDZ | 22 January 2016 | 19 October 2016 | 271 | |
| Tomislav Ćorić | HDZ | 19 October 2016 | 9 June 2017 | 233 | |
| Marko Pavić | HDZ | 9 June 2017 | 19 July 2019 | 770 | |
| Josip Aladrović | HDZ | 19 July 2019 | 23 July 2020 | 370 | |
Ministers of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy (2020–present)
[edit]| Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Days in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josip Aladrović | HDZ | 23 July 2020 | 29 April 2022 | 645 | |
| Marin Piletić | HDZ | 29 April 2022 | Incumbent | 1,234 | |
Role
[edit]The Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy performs administrative and other tasks related to:[3]
- employment policy,
- regulation of employment relations;
- labor market and active employment policy;
- programs of job retraining and increasing employability;
- unemployment records and employment assistance;
- pension insurance system and policy;
- social partnership and relations with trade unions and employers' associations in the field of labor relations, labor market and employment;
- labor status of Croatian citizens employed abroad and matters related to their return and employment in the country;
- labor status of foreign citizens employed in the Republic of Croatia;
- improvement of the occupational safety and health system;
- international cooperation in the field of labor and employment;
- care for persons and families who do not have sufficient means to meet basic living needs or who need assistance to eliminate the causes of social vulnerability;
- establishing a network of social welfare institutions and a network of activities and coordinating their work and providing professional assistance;
- conducting administrative, inspection and expert supervision over the work of social welfare institutions, local and regional self-government units, chambers, permanent collection of humanitarian aid, humanitarian actions, other legal and natural persons providing social services and over the performance of nanny activities;
- deciding on the establishment, termination and status changes of social welfare institutions;
- disseminating and analysing data on beneficiaries in the social welfare system and preparing statistical reviews and reports;
- promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, improving their quality of life and developing non-institutional forms of care for persons with disabilities;
- improving legislative regulations for the purpose of improving the quality of life of beneficiary groups under the jurisdiction of the Ministry and developing social welfare services for their needs, developing non-institutional forms of care for the elderly, performing other tasks of caring for the elderly that are not placed under the jurisdiction of other bodies;
- protecting victims of human trafficking;
- protecting refugees and ensuring the integration of asylum seekers and persons under subsidiary protection, protecting children and young adults with behavioural problems and including them in everyday life after a longer stay in an educational institution;
- rehabilitation and resocialization of addicts and prevention of all forms of addiction;
- administrative and professional tasks related to foster care and adoption;
- marriage and marital relations and special protection of families in which mutual relations are disrupted;
- protection from domestic violence;
- mutual relations between parents and children;
- protection of children whose parents live separately, protection of children without appropriate parental care, promotion of responsible parenthood, maintenance and care of family members;
- promotion of the development of community work programs, development and affirmation of volunteerism and the work of citizens' associations that support parents, families, children, children with developmental disabilities and the elderly and all socially vulnerable groups of the population;
- promotion and establishment of counseling centers for children, parents, children with developmental disabilities, the elderly and victims of domestic violence;
- study and research of contemporary problems of families, children, children with developmental disabilities and the elderly and provision of preventive and therapeutic assistance.
The Ministry participates in the preparation of programs and projects and the implementation of projects from the European Union programs and other forms of international assistance.
Furthermore, it participates with the ministry responsible for managing state property in the management and disposal of shares and business interests of companies that constitute state property owned by the Republic of Croatia, and in relation to companies that predominantly engage in activities within the prescribed jurisdiction of this Ministry.
Organization
[edit]The Ministry has a total of 610 staff (as of 2025), working in the following departments:[1]
| Department | Croatian language | Staff |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet of the Minister | Kabinet Ministra | 18 |
| General Secretariat | Glavno tajništvo | 54 |
| Directorate for Labor and Occupational Safety | Uprava za rad i zaštitu na radu | 49 |
| Directorate for the Labor Market and Employment | Uprava za tržište rada i zapošljavanje | 31 |
| Pension System Directorate | Uprava za mirovinski sustav | 31 |
| European Union Programmes Directorate | Uprava za programe Europske Unije | 133 |
| Finance and Projects Directorate | Uprava za financije i projekte | 101 |
| Family Directorate | Uprava za obitelj | 53 |
| Social Policy Directorate | Uprava za socijalnu politiku | 64 |
| Independent Sector for Administrative and Supervisory Oversight in Social Welfare | Samostalni sektor za upravni i inspekcijski nadzor u socijalnoj skrbi | 35 |
| Independent Sector for Appellate Procedure | Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski postupak | 14 |
| Independent Sector for Audit and Supervision of Medical Expertise | Samostalni sektor za reviziju i nadzor medicinskog vještačenja | 11 |
| Independent Sector for the Coordination of European Affairs and International Cooperation | Samostalni sektor za koordinaciju europskih poslova i međunarodne suradnje | 11 |
| Independent Internal Audit Service | Samostalna služba za unutarnju reviziju | 5 |
Officials
[edit]Currently serving officials at the Ministry:[4][5]
Minister
[edit]- Marin Piletić, Minister of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
State Secretaries
[edit]- Ivan Vidiš
- Marinko Lukenda
- Marija Pletikosa
- Margareta Mađerić
Directors of departments
[edit]- Anita Zirdum, authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Directorate for Labor and Occupational Safety (ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnateljice Uprave za rad i zaštitu na radu)
- Luka Čirko, Director of the Directorate for the Labor Market and Employment (ravnatelj Uprave za tržište rada i zapošljavanje)
- Melita Čičak, authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Pension System Directorate (ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnateljice Uprave za mirovinski sustav)
- Vicko Mardešić, authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Directorate for the Management of EU Operational Programs (ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za upravljanje operativnim programima EU)
- Nada Zrinušić, authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Directorate for Programs and Projects (ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnateljice Uprave za programe i projekte)
- Tanja Žaja, Director of the Directorate for Family and Social Policy (ravnateljica Uprave za obitelj i socijalnu politiku)
- Tatjana Katkić Stanić, authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Institute for Social Work (ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnateljice Zavoda za socijalni rad)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Uredba o unutarnjem ustrojstvu Ministarstva rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike" (in Croatian). Narodne Novine. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "ODLUKA o proračunskom okviru za razdoblje 2025. - 2027" (PDF). Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "O Ministarstvu" [About the Ministry] (in Croatian). Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "O ministru". Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "Državni tajnici i ravnatelji". Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Croatian)
