At a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) that took place here on Monday, the social partners discussed proposed amendments to the Labour Code.
Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov warned that if proposed amendments to the Labour Code fail to be adapted by the end of the year, Bulgaria risks being fined by Brussels EUR 2 million plus another daily fine of EUR 15,000, until the Code gets amended.
The Minister specified that the main objective of the draft law is to improve the legal framework in the field of collective bargaining.
One bill that had been tabled by Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP Yordan Ivanov and a group of MPs proposed the abolition of non-working Mondays when a public holiday falls on a day off.
The bill saw support from the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association, whose representative Dobrin Ivanov said that the main problem for businesses in the country is the shortage of labour.
Maria Mincheva of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) said that the matter should be examined more broadly and, until that is done, BIA would refrain from supporting the proposal.
The organizations that argued against the bill were the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), and the Podkrepa Labour Confederation. Their criticisms varied from calling the bill ineffective to saying that it has the potential to diminish the levels of predictability and certainty in the management of the labour process.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy also refused to support the bill, with Minister Borislav Gutsanov saying that no inquiries or complaints have been received as a result of the current process.
After the meeting, the CITUB and the Podkrepa Labour Confederation opposed the Labour Ministry’s draft amendments to the Labour Code aimed at promoting collective bargaining. According to CITUB Vice President Todor Kapitanov, the proposals leave working people without any encouragement for collective wage bargaining. Podkrepa secretary Valeri Apostolov told reporters: “We did not find any binding element linking it to the directive concerning the establishment of a mechanism for adequate minimum wages.” National Council for Tripartite Cooperation Discusses Amendments to Labour Code THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-27 20:05:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law