Bulgaria Introduces Rules For The Exchange Of Employment-Related Electronic Documents

May 2018 – In May 2018, the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Politics adopted an ordinance for employment-related electronic documents and the requirements for their creation and storage in an employee's file (Наредба за вида и изискванията за създаването и съхраняването на електронни документи в трудовото досие на работника или служителя). The new rules regulate, for the first time, an employer's option to keep employee files in digital form and the exchange of legally binding electronic documents between an employer and its employees. The ordinance provides legal framework for, among others:

1. the types of electronic documents that can be part of an employee's file;