Bulgaria : minimum wage, pensions, unemployment benefits – the changes for the year 2017

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9 January 2017 à 11h10

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From the beginning of this year, some changes affecting the labour market came into force in Bulgaria.
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9 January 2017 à 11h10

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Following a decision of the resigned Government of Mr. Boyko Borissov and in line with the preliminary approval by the social partners at national level, the minimum wage increased with BGN 40 up to BGN 460 (~Euro 230). According to the 3-year budgetary prognosis of the Ministry of Finance, no additional growth is planned for the next two years. Thus, Bulgaria will remain at the bottom of the EU ranking by the level of this minimum income, which according to the Eurostat data by the mid-2016 ye

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