Changes To The Labour Code In Bulgaria

• Jurisdiction: European Union,Bulgaria
• Law Firm: Eurofast
• Subject Matter: Employment and HR, Employee Benefits & Compensation
• Author: Rositsa Ivanova
• Published date: 23 March 2023

In October 2022, a "Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adequate minimum wages in the European Union" was approved to improve living and working conditions in the Union and, more particularly, the adequacy of minimum wages for employees.

Member States with statutory minimum wages should put in place procedures for setting and updating these minimum wages according to certain criteria.

At the beginning of February 2023, amendments to the Labour Code were adopted in Bulgaria, introducing a new mechanism for setting the national minimum wage.

The minimum wage for the next calendar year:

• shall be determined by 1 September of the current year;
• is set at 50 percent of the average...