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Bulgaria: 60/40 Job Retention Scheme Will Be Extended
The social partners have discussed a proposal to redesign a 60/40 job retention scheme in support of businesses and employees, Deputy Prime Minister Galab Donev told journalists on Monday after a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC).
CITUB: Minimum Wage in Bulgaria to Become BGN 764 in 2022
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria insist that in 2022 minimum wage in the country should amount to BGN 764 and the average to be BGN 1,729.
CITUB Proposes 60/40 Job Retention Scheme to Become 75/100
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) proposes that the 60/40 job retention scheme (where the government pays 60 per cent of the wage bill and the employer, 40 per cent) become 75/100, CITUB Executive Secretary Asya Goneva commented for BTA on Monday ahead of this week's meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation that will focus on this measure.
Bulgaria Bottoms EU SURE Funds Absorption Ranking
Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) announced that Bulgaria lags far behind other Member States in terms of absorption of funds from the European Union's Temporary Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in Emergency (SURE) provided to companies during the pandemic.
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Pay Gap: Women in Bulgaria Paid 14 Percent Less than Men
"Women in Bulgaria receive salaries which are an average of 14% lower than the salaries of men. This places the country within the "golden mean" among the other countries members of the EU," Ivaylo Dinev from the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said for the BNR.
Covid-19 Crisis Left Every Sixth Young European Jobless
One in six young people in the EU has lost their job because of the economic consequences of COVID-19. This was reported by the European Trade Union Confederation.
EU gender pay gap still significant, warn trade unions
Women in Europe doing jobs requiring the same skills as jobs done by men are still being paid significantly less, according to a study by the the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
Bulgaria: Nearly 380,000 Unemployed Registered in February-December 2020
The newly registered unemployed across Bulgaria were a little under 380,000 between February 3 and the end of December 2020, according to the latest data of the specialized weekly labour market survey of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic. Over the same period, 235,000 people have found jobs through the labour offices.
Communication Difficulties Set off Foreign Workers in Bulgaria
The language barrier is one of the main problems for the recruitment of workers from outside the European Union (EU) in our country.
Employers' associations, unions demand gov't to confer with social partners before adopting PNRR
Several employers' associations and trade unions have sent an open letter to the Government asking for consultation with the social partners before the adoption of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), according to a joint release issued on Monday by eight employers' and trade union organizations.