National Social Security Institute

As of today - February 1 - the payment of the one-time BGN 75 to the vaccinated pensioners will begin, the National Social Security Institute announced.

At the end of last year, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced this as a measure to encourage vaccination before the new wave.

The National Social Security Institute (NSSI) is starting the payment of the one-time supplement of BGN 75 to the pensions of Bulgarian pensioners who have met the requirements for completed vaccination course or have a booster vaccine dose. This was announced by the National Social Security Institute.

The actual monthly amount of the pension for length of service and age of working pensioners increased by an average of BGN 6.01, those for disability due to general illness increased by BGN 2.17, and for disability due to an accident at work and occupational disease - by BGN 1,81.

A total of 916,000 pensioners in Bulgaria will not receive a pension increase from 1 July, despite a 5% update to its actual amount. This is clear from a report of the National Social Security Institute, prepared at the request of NOVA.

Parliament voted on a legal possibility to postpone the census of the population in Bulgaria next year in the event of a declared state of emergency or an emergency epidemic. This gives the right of the Council of Ministers to be able to change the dateof census for population and housing stock in 2021.

Almost 240,000 jobs will be saved thanks to the 60/40 measure in Bulgaria. To date, the Employment Agency has received 14,351 applications from employers for compensation for maintaining the employment of their employees.

More than 156,000 employees from 10, 723 enterprises will keep their jobs thanks to the 60/40 wage support scheme, the Bulgarian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy announced. So far, the National Employment Agency has processed nearly 3,700 applications of Bulgarian employers for state aid which has to cover 60% of the salaries and the social security contributions of over 50,000 workers.

About 3,000 people per day lose their jobs and register in the unemployment offices across the country since the introduction of the coronavirus state of emergency, data of the Employment agency showed on April 6.

The National Social Security Institute (NSSI) has reported that the average insurable earnings in Bulgaria for December 2019 was BGN 1,063.32, said the NSSI press office, Focus News Agency reported.
The average monthly insurable earnings for the period from 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2019 stood at BGN 986,52.

The National Social Security Institute announced that the average social security income for the country is BGN 1015,82 for November 2019.

The average monthly social security income for the country from 01.12.2018 to 30.11.2019 is BGN 977,60.