Additional Changes In Bulgarian Labour Law Concerning Active And Inactive On-call Working Time And Vacations

Changes in Bulgarian employment law were introduced in the Ordinance for the working time, breaks and vacations and in the Ordinance for the compensations from the state social security funds. The changes were enacted on 30.09.2022 but entered into force retroactively as of 01.08.2022. This is obviously another attempt of Bulgarian authorities to meet the deadline for transposing Directive 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union which expired in August 2022 and Directive 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers.

The changes introduce a large number of additional administrative obligations for employers, where the organization of work includes work flexible working time arrangements such as active and inactive on-call work.