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© Julia Lazarova
Following a scandal, parliament introduced the possibility of increasing overtime from 150 to 300 hours a year. 99 deputies voted in favor and 55 against.
This is a change in the Labor Code, with which overtime is doubled per year through a collective labor agreement. However, there is still the restriction that day overtime hours must be up to 30 hours per month and night hours up to 20. However, the period for the summary calculation of working hours, on which the payment of the hours depends overtime will be shorter, six to four months. The changes will go into effect on January 1.
According to the BSP, the change is wild African lobbying and turning Bulgarians into slaves amid talks in European countries during a 4-day work week. GERB and MRF accused the socialists of populist interpretations and intimidation of the people.
The Speaker of Parliament, Tsveta Karayancheva from GERB, explained as an engineer who worked in production that production must be ready on a certain day and sometimes defects have to be removed and overtime required. In these cases, there should be a regulated possibility of more overtime.
According to the chairman of the parliament’s social commission, Hassan Ademov of the MRF, the problem is not with overtime, but with the fact that the salary is low. BSP deputy Violeta Jeleva believes that the total calculation of working hours allows not to pay overtime at all.
Employees will be able to use paid annual leave after 4 months of service instead of after 8 months, as is the case today.
Upon termination of employment, after the employee has acquired the right to a pension for seniority and seniority, he is entitled to compensation from the employer in the amount of his gross salary for a period of 2 months. If the employee has acquired 10 years of work experience in the last 20 years with the same employer or in the same group of companies, the compensation amount is his gross salary for a period of 6 months, the parliament also decided.
In the event of non-compliance with labor legislation, the employer will be sanctioned with a financial penalty or a fine in the amount of 20 to 30 thousand BGN, and the guilty official with a fine in the amount of 10 to 20 thousand BGN.
