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The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in South-eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia.
Bulgaria became an EU Member State on January 1, 2007. Consequently, the EU regulations (including those in the field ...
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Under Bulgarian labour law, the individual employment relationship commences with concluding a written employment contract with minimum required contents (such as parties’ identification, place of work, job position and description, basic and additional monthly remunerations, etc.)
The minimum monthly wage for the country as of January 2023 is BGN 780 and the minimum hourly rate is BGN 4.72. These minimum rates apply to everyone irrespective of their age, industry and experience. The government regulates the minimum wage annually.
In addition, depending on the industry and the occupied position, the law ...
For the first three working days of absence, the employer pays the employee 70% of their average daily gross wage. The National Social Security Institute pays for the remaining time of sick leave prescribed under the respective sickness medical certificate (indemnity payments). ...
The Protection from Discrimination Act (PADA):
The PADA sets up a specialized state body, the Commission ...
Notice periods depend on the type of contract:
Redundancy/layoff is defined as a decrease or closure of separate units of the approved total number of employees at the enterprise where the respective labour function is effectively removed.
The employer can carry out redundancies in cases of:
An employee can enter into another employment relationship during the course of employment, unless the employment contract provides otherwise.
Post-employment restrictive covenants
Restrictions imposed on an employee's future employment are generally invalid and unenforceable.
(Ref. Section II-B above)
The employment remuneration is to be agreed and paid on a monthly basis where advance payment and final payment might be done. The Employer and the employee may agree shorter period of payment – for example – weekly ...
Employees' data protection rights
Employees’ personal data can only be collected and processed after the employer, acting as data controller, provides full information about the processing to the individuals concerned.
This information should comply with all requirements of the Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and ...
Two types of work-related injuries are recognized by Bulgarian law: accident at work and occupational disease.
The right to unemployment compensation payable by the state have employees with social security insurance at the Unemployment Fund for a period of at least 12 months in the last 18 months prior to termination of the insurance and who:
Employers are statutorily required to procure health and safety conditions at work. Their main obligations in this regard are:
The trade union of employees is a non-profit legal entity. It is an independent, non-political organization whose main purpose is to defend the employment and social security rights of citizens.
The Labour Migration and Labour Mobility Act maintains the general procedure applicable to foreign nationals (that is, citizens from countries outside the EU, European Economic Area and Swiss Confederation) who want to work in Bulgaria. The Act also sets out a number of exceptions, which ...
for more information about labour and employment law in Bulgaria, please contact:
Law Firm Name: Dinova Rusev & Partners Law Office
Address: 17 Vasil ...