Fieldwork for a nationwide representative survey in Bulgaria was completed in June 2005. The survey findings indicate that working conditions are improving, with a number of indicators - from overall fatigue to the proportion of fixed-term contracts - revealing a better quality of work. However
The June 2005 Bulgarian National Working Conditions Survey (BG0509SR01 [1]) explored the issue of work-life balance in some detail, by adding four questions to the 2001 questionnaire devised by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The issue was further
A team of Bulgarian experts, headed by Professor Ivanovich, department head at the National Centre of Public Health Protection [1], conducted a survey on working conditions in the banking sector, aimed at determining risk levels based on employees’ self-evaluation. A case study was carried out in
The tight control over working conditions and employment contracts - through regular inspections and penalties implemented by the General Labour Inspectorate [1] (GLI) - has started to take the desired effect. Figures for 2004 reveal the following improvements, compared with 2003: [1] http://git
Fieldwork for a nationwide representative survey in Bulgaria was completed in June 2005. The survey findings indicate that working conditions are improving, with a number of indicators - from overall fatigue to the proportion of fixed-term contracts - revealing a better quality of work. However
Towards the end of 2004, the Bulgarian General Labour Inspectorate [1] (Glavna Inspekzia po truda, GIT) carried out a nationwide inspection of working conditions and employment contracts. The inspection covered 1,480 employers (2,138 work sites) and involved 84,007 employees (about 4% of the total