Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (No. 44) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1949)

Article 10(1) of the Convention. Concept of suitable employment. According to the report, the national minimum wage can be a generally valid criterion for determining what constitutes suitable employment in terms of remuneration. The social partners have bilaterally agreed to establish minimum wages per area of economic activity for the purpose of social insurance which play the role of minimum wages for each category of employment positions in these areas of activity. Taking due note of the establishment of this mechanism, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate whether, under the current definition of suitable employment established by the Supplementary provisions to the Employment Promotion Act, a beneficiary could be deprived of the right to unemployment benefit if he or she does not accept a job where the minimum wage would be less than the amount of the unemployment benefit otherwise due to this beneficiary.

The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the ratification procedure for accepting Part IV of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), was initiated on 31 January 2013 and would like to be informed of the progress made in this respect.