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Certain changes to the Bulgarian Labour Code (LC) were enacted on 5th August 2022 and entered into force retroactively as of 1st August 2022. The changes aim at addressing different social issues concerning employees and were among the last laws enacted by the 47th National Assembly. The changes concern the following:
The right of the employees to enter into a second employment agreement with a different employer
New obligations of the employer to inform its employees of certain issues concerning their employment agreements
Introduction of a new maximum duration of 1 month of the trial period for short term employees
Explicit regulation of the right of the employees to propose certain changes to their agreements and a new obligation for employers to motivate their rejection, if any
Training time shall be considered working time
New leave for fathers of children under the age of 8