Employment 2025

BULGARIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Diana Milkova and Victoria Penkova Penkova & Partners Law Firm

Romania

Serbia

Sofia

Bulgaria

Kosovo

North Macedonia

Turkey

Greece

Contents 1. Employment Terms p.64 1.1 Employee Status p.64 1.2 Employment Contracts p.64

6. Collective Relations p.71 6.1 Unions p.71

6.2 Employee Representative Bodies p.71 6.3 Collective Bargaining Agreements p.72 7. Termination p.73 7.1 Grounds for Termination p.73 7.2 Notice Periods p.74 7.3 Dismissal for (Serious) Cause p.74 7.4 Termination Agreements p.75 7.5 Protected Categories of Employee p.75 8. Disputes p.76 8.1 Wrongful Dismissal p.76 8.2 Anti-Discrimination p.76 8.3 Digitalisation p.77 9. Dispute Resolution p.77 9.1 Litigation p.77 9.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution p.77 9.3 Costs p.78

1.3 Working Hours p.64 1.4 Compensation p.65

1.5 Other Employment Terms p.66 2. Restrictive Covenants p.68 2.1 Non-Competes p.68

2.2 Non-Solicits p.68 3. Data Privacy p.68 3.1 Data Privacy Law and Employment p.68 4. Foreign Workers p.69 4.1 Limitations on Foreign Workers p.69 4.2 Registration Requirements for Foreign Workers p.70 5. New Work p.70

5.1 Mobile Work p.70 5.2 Sabbaticals p.71 5.3 Other New Manifestations p.71

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