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Act of 18 June 2004 to amend the Labour Code.

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First Region

Bulgaria
Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
2004-06-18
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides that the following additional information shall be specified in an employment contract: place of work; title and character of the work position; date of signing and day of the beginning of the contract's implementation; duration of the contract; duration of annual leave; advanced notification required for termination by either party; main and additional wages and terms for their payment; the duration of the working day or working week.
Also provides for rules protecting employees' rights in cases of mergers or change of enterprise owner. In such cases workers' representatives shall keep their functions up to one year.
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, nationality, sexual orientation, age, political and religous matters in relation to work. The employer is obliged to post in a suitable place information on job vacancies, their conditions, character of the positions, and requirements.
Also provides for new requirements on mass dismissals. Employers intending to dismiss large numbers of workers are obliged to start consultations with workers' representatives no later than 45 days prior to the planned dismissal and to make efforts to meet an agreement or restrict its consequences. Specifies what the term mass dismissal includes. Employers shall provide workers' representatives with detailed information on planned dismissals. Related negotiations shall be held in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
When starting a job, an employee is entitled to an annual paid leave after eight months of work (previously six months).
Also provides for protective rules for pregnant women. A special list of jobs which are not allowed to pregnant women shall be established. The employer cannot send on a busines trip a pregnant woman or a woman with a child less than three years of age if she does not agree so in writting.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2004-08-01
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Amended Text region

Serial region

    Serial title
    D'rzhaven Vestnik
    Date
    2004-06-18
    Number
    No. 52
    Page range
    pp. 2-6
    Serial title
    Unofficial English translation
    Date
    2004-10
    Page range
    14 p.