13.11.2023

WAGES FOR NIGHT WORK ARE BEING RAISED

The rate for night work to be increased from next year provides for a Draft Order amending Order No. 8121 to determine the amounts of additional remuneration for a scientific degree, for night work from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., for working on public holidays.

The reason is the decree adopted by the Council of Ministers, with which from 01.01.2024 the minimum wage for the country becomes BGN 933 for a full working month, with a normal working time of 8 hours and a 5-day working week. The amount of the minimum hourly wage from BGN 5.58 is also being increased.

Currently, the ordinance provides that for each night hour worked or part thereof between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., workers shall be paid an additional night work remuneration of not less than 0.15 percent of the minimum wage established for the country, but not less than one lev.

Therefore, the order proposes that the amount of the additional remuneration for each night hour worked be changed from BGN 1.17 to BGN 1.40.

The change will also take effect from January 1 next year.

With another change in the Ordinance on the basic monthly remuneration of civil servants from the Ministry of the Interior, the amount of the starting salary for some of the positions should increase from BGN 780 to BGN 933.