Nearly 86% of Bulgarian Employees Ready to Leave Work

According to Art. 228a of the Labor Code, the employer is obliged to provide conditions for maintaining and improving the professional qualification of its employees. According to a survey conducted by the Center for Vocationally trained Net IT, over 82% of people have no idea about it.

The Corporate Training Department at the leading Net It Vocational Training Center (business.netit.bg) conducted a study aimed at people of working age to make it clear how important it is for employees in a company to be able to maintain and improving their qualifications. The study was conducted through social networks.

The survey results unequivocally demonstrate the willingness of employees to qualify at their workplace. For a total of 95.6% of respondents, it is important that their employer has a specific employee training plan, with 71.6% of them listed as "Very Important". Only 4.4% of respondents have no such plan.

At the same time, more than 85.8% of respondents said they would leave work if they were offered the same conditions in another company, but they also had the opportunity to participate in training to improve their qualification.

Another interesting piece of information from Net IT survey is that 97.2% of respondents would better develop their potential in the workplace if the employer provides additional training to improve their professional qualifications.

To the question, "In your view, is there a law obliging employers to improve the qualifications of their employees?" 82.3% of respondents answered "No".

"The results of the study make clear the benefits for each company of the introduction of corporate policy in relation to the requirements of Article 228a of the Labor Code, and nowadays technologies are so advanced...