Labor Law Consultation

10.01.2024

WHEN REGISTRATION WITH THE LABOR OFFICE IS TERMINATED

When certain circumstances occur, the registration is terminated, and in some cases - restored. Registration is terminated and reinstated by decision of the Director of the Labor Office Directorate.

When and under what conditions is the registration with the Employment Agency terminated?

The grounds for termination of registration are applicable to all registered jobseekers, regardless of their status. The relevant ground is related to the occurrence of a certain circumstance. Registration is terminated from the date of occurrence of the relevant circumstance.

Grounds for termination of registration can be conditionally divided into two groups: innocent and guilty. In innocent grounds, circumstances arise in which there is no culpable behavior on the part of the job seeker. In these cases, registration is terminated when jobseekers voluntarily apply, die, start work and are insured or subject to insurance.

In this regard, we remind you that workers and employees under an employment contract, civil servants, judges, prosecutors, investigators, military personnel and reservists, members of cooperatives, managers and procurators of commercial companies, sole traders and their branches, members of boards of directors, of management and supervisory boards and controllers of commercial companies, receivers and liquidators, persons exercising work in elective positions, persons registered as exercising a free profession and/or craft activity, persons exercising work as sole traders, owners or partners in commercial companies, registered farmers and tobacco producers, persons who work without an employment relationship, etc.

Registration with the Employment Agency is also terminated when individuals join employment programs and measures under the Employment Promotion Act, as well as employment under programs and projects financed by European and other international funds.

It should be noted that persons whose participation in subsidized employment has been terminated by disciplinary dismissal have the right to registration no earlier than 12 months after the dismissal.

Termination of registration also occurs when individuals acquire the right to a pension for social security service and old age in the Republic of Bulgaria or receive an occupational pension for early retirement, a pension for social security service and age in a reduced amount or an old age pension in another country.

Guilty grounds usually involve culpable behavior on the part of the job seeker, most often related to failure to fulfill an obligation provided for in the Employment Promotion Act. In these cases, registration is terminated when the jobseekers have not visited and used the services of the Labor Bureau Directorate in the previous year, do not fulfill the recommendations of the labor mediator or the actions and deadlines in the action plan, do not appear at the specified date and time in the written invitation from the Employment Agency branch or within three working days after that date.

Termination is also carried out in cases where individuals refuse to accept the suitable work offered to them and/or inclusion in programs and measures for employment and training for adults, as well as in programs and projects financed with funds from European and other international funds. This also applies if the persons terminate their participation in an adult training course, do not fulfill the requirement within 7 working days of the change in declared circumstances to notify one of the divisions of the Employment Agency, or declare false data when registering in the territorial division of the Employment Agency employment.

In the mentioned cases, the persons have the right to the next registration no earlier than the expiration of 6 months after the termination of the previous registration.