The minimum wage will be set at BGN 1,077(EUR 545) from next year, caretaker Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivaylo Ivanov told bTV. ''The Labour Code stipulates that the minimum wage is calculated as 50% of the average wage. The government is obliged to comply with this legislation'', said Minister Ivanov.
In his words, the minimum monthly salary is a tool through which the government influences income growth. Approximately 490,000 people are currently earning the minimum wage, Minister Ivanov emphasized. Regarding the dispute between trade unions and employers over the increase of the minimum wage, Minister Ivanov pointed out that it is much more important to implement the EU directive on minimum wage, and Bulgaria must fulfill this obligation by November 15. Currently, the minimum wage is BGN 933 (EUR 472).
During the regional GERB youth academy in Targovishte, GERB leader Boyko Borissov stated that GERB would not sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski. PP/DB calls..
A protest took place in Velingrad in support of the farmers whose flocks of sheep have been quarantined because of positive tests for sheep and goat plague. To stop the spread of the disease, access to the area around the farms has been..
Bulgaria will be given six months to carry out the necessary reforms connected with the liberalisation of the energy market , otherwise it stands to lose EUR 653 million which it should receive as a second payment under the Recovery and..
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly...
A Eurobarometer survey has registered the highest level of trust in the European Union since 2007 and the highest level of support ever for the common..
The second edition of the Festival of Apiculture Products continues in Pleven. The exposition features honey and apiculture products, as well as honey..
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