Minimum Wages Act

Following the assessment of Bulgaria's 2015 National Reform Programme and Convergence Programme, the European Commission issued five country-specific recommendations on Wednesday.

As Bulgaria was currently experiencing excessive macroeconomic imbalances, decisive policy action and specific monitoring was required.

Minimum wages across the European Union highlight the vast economic differences across the member states with a ten-fold difference between Bulgaria and Luxembourg.

Exclusion of worker representatives from minimum wage setting process as well as the government's overlooking the problem...