“Employment recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic must become priority No.1 for the country,” Minister of Labour and Social Policy Galab Donev said in his address to the International Confederation of Labour. In his words the quality of the..
“A gradual transition is apparent in the country - from a closing of the economy to a revival and recovery. This is confirmed also by the level of unemployment, which as of 2 June stood at 5.65%, a drop of 37% compared to a year earlier,” Minister of..
Bulgaria has extended four measures in support of families and employment, implemented under the Human Resource Development Operational Programme, including the 60/40 wage support scheme and “Keep Me” measure, announced the National Employment Agency...
In 2020, the European Union labor market was strongly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, indicates data of Eurostat. Between 2019 and 2020, employment rate in Spain fell 2.3% to 65.7%. Employment rate in Ireland decreased by 1.7% to 73.4% and..
The Bulgarian government has extended until the end of May the employment measures known as "60/40" and "80/20" in support of employers in the sectors affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The "Keep me" measure to compensate employees from closed..
The “60/40” measure aimed at preserv ing employment during the pandemic will be extended from April 1 to May 31, according to government plans , BNR's Horizon t program has reported. The proposal will..
160,000 young Bulgarians neither work nor study, this country’s Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva said at a forum aimed to promote employment among the Roma, organized by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bulgaria. “People with..
Under the measure 60/40 in support of businessеs and employees, BGN 629 million have been paid so far , it became clear at the last meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation. Thus, 250,000 employees in 11,000 companies managed..
380,000 people have lost their jobs in the last eleven months , indicates data of Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency, which are monitoring how the Covid crisis is affecting the labour market. During the same period,..
Bulgaria’s cabinet extended the 60/40 measure until the end of March at today's online meeting. In the coming weeks, its implementation will be guaranteed until September 2021, this country’s Premier Boyko Borissov announced. The state authorities..
