U nemployment in the first quarter of 2020 was 4.6%, or 0.4 percentage points lower than in the same quarter of 2019. Officially, the number of unemployed Bulgarians is 150,000, according to national statistics. The economic activity rate of the..
Bulgaria is in emergency epidemic situation until June 14 The current anti-epidemic measures remain in force. Bulgaria’s authorities also allowed organ transplants and free movement in city gardens and parks. The recommendation for distant..
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..
Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva said that the measure 60/40, introduced by the government to support employment in small and medium-sized businesses, will continue to work after the end of the current state of emergency. The..
The number of jobless Bulgarians who register at the employment offices has been declining for nearly one week, this country’s Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva announced . An average of 2.300 Bulgarians registered as..
The European Commission has approved the scheme of the Bulgarian government aimed to support employment to the tune of EUR 770 million. The subsidy aims to preserve employment in sectors which are most affected by the social isolation measures..
78% of the Bulgarian students think that there are companies in Bulgaria that meet all their requirements. 62% contend that they can find the desired job position in this country, a public opinion survey conducted of Trend sociological agency shows...
A total of 61,644 Bulgarians registered at the employment offices since the beginning of the state of emergency, this country’s Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva announced. Some of these people have lost their jobs in Bulgaria due..
The Administrative Workers Syndicate with the Confederation of Labor Podkrepa alarms about escalating tension among employees of Bulgaria’s employment offices over the long queues of people wishing to register there . The syndicate called for..
A study by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria shows that more than 40,000 employees working in 72 large and medium-sized enterprises in this country have been affected by the coronavirus crisis. 78 per cent of the companies..
