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Growing non-salary expenses are forcing hundreds of businesses to look for ways to contain their costs without reducing their employees' incomes, with some resorting to consultancy companies for that purpose.

On 21 June 2018, the Council agreed its negotiating position (general approach) on the coordination of social security systems (revision of regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009). On the basis of this mandate, the Council Presidency will start negotiations with the European Parliament once the latter has adopted its position.

Because of the lower wages and the shorter insurance period, women in Bulgaria receive on average 38% lower pension than men. Although the retirement age in Bulgaria gradually equals, the differences will remain for both retired and future retirees, while gender pay inequalities remain.

Thousands of self-employed professionals, freelancers and farmers have just received the new social security contribution payment slips asking them to pay additional money for last year, in five installments. They must also pay their contributions for March 2018 by next Friday (May 18).

Thousands of self-employed professionals, freelancers and farmers have just received the new social security contribution payment slips asking them to pay additional money for last year, in five installments. They must also pay their contributions for March 2018 by next Friday (May 18).

A Labor Ministry draft law is set to give self-employed professionals the option of continuing to run their businesses after having submitted the documents for their retirement.

Self-employed professionals like engineers, lawyers etc, are pinning their hopes on a decision by the Council of State to see some relief from huge social security contributions, which, coupled with taxes, consume around half their incomes.

The net average monthly wage was 2,487 lei this February, 0.1 percent or 3 lei higher compared to the previous month, the National Institute for Statistics (INS) said on Wednesday.

The gross nominal average wage was 4,128 lei.

Thousands of retirees, upon the recommendation of their lawyers and some media, have been queuing up at branches of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) and the auxiliary social security fund (ETEAEP), as well as the State General Accounting Office, to apply for the payment of cash amounts that have been wrongly withheld from their pensions.

The number of days of declared labor required for the provision of social security (i.e. healthcare services) to salary workers by the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) will be raised from 50 to 75 per year from 2019, according to an amendment tabled by the Labor Ministry in Parliament on Wednesday.