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Bulgaria’s National Assembly takes measures against unfair treatment at work

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Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted at first reading amendments to the Labor Code against employers who delay payments of salaries or do not pay wages at all. The General Labor Inspectorate Executive Agency is now allowed to issue mandatory prescriptions which can enable disadvantaged workers and employees to request orders that will oblige employers to make immediate payments. Bulgaria’s industry has been generating some of the largest profits and meanwhile paying some of the lowest wages in the EU, participants in the debates pointed out adding that some employees do not receive their salaries at all.  




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