Scandal about the minimum wage in our country. The Ministry of Social Affairs proposes that its amount be determined in a new way because of a European directive that we are obliged to comply with.
Unions reacted sharply, and business supported.
Now the minimum wage is 50% of the average gross for a certain period.
However, the formula must be changed, as Bulgaria is obliged to accept the European calculation criteria.
This expires in two days.
But it appears that it will not be followed, as the proposed amendments are still being discussed in a working group.
The social ministry says they are not final and any pre-opinion by group members would be manipulative
„The minimum wage will continue to lag significantly behind the living wage, which is missing from the proposed bill, ie. it will never catch up with them”, said Atanas Katsarchev, Ch. economist of CT “Support“.
„One mistake, one violation of international law, will be corrected, because currently the provision of the CT, which determines how the minimum wage is formed, is in gross violation of international law. That's why we have also attacked the minimum wage in court," said Vasil Velev, AIKB.