01.12.2020

The order for closed businesses has been supplemented

The Minister of Labor and Social Policy supplemented the order for closed businesses, whose workers can receive up to BGN 24 a day in compensation from the state for being on unpaid leave.

Employers who have ceased operations on October 29, 2020, can claim funds for their employees for up to 60 days. Such are the owners of bars, taverns, wineries, breweries, cafes, language and educational centers, other training centers and schools, as well as companies that organize congress-conference events, seminars, competitions, trainings, team building, exhibitions and others. public events in attendance. Professional colleges are added to them.

With the changes in the order of the Minister for receiving funds under the measure "Keep me" are included employees on unpaid leave after November 27, 2020 in gaming halls and casinos, as well as in hairdressing and beauty salons, laundries, sewing workshops and dry cleaning located on the territory of shopping centers, including the type of mall.

As of Friday, the other retail outlets in the malls were declared eligible for support, with the exception of grocery stores, drugstores, opticians and pet stores, which will be open.

The staff of private kindergartens and nurseries, cinemas, discos, piano and night bars, night clubs and other nightclubs for indoor entertainment can also apply for compensation.

Also entitled are those employed in economic activities related to concerts, creation and presentation of live performances such as operas, operettas, circuses and other stage works, directors, producers, set designers, costume and lighting designers, technical specialists, museum workers, as well as and in sectors related to all collective and individual sports events of a training and competitive nature and those working in solariums, saunas, weight loss and massage salons.

Employees on an 8-hour working day are entitled to BGN 24 compensation for each day of unpaid leave. If the employee is employed part-time, the funds are calculated in proportion to the hours recorded in the employment contract. All employers applying for the "Keep Me" measure will have to keep the workers for whom they want funding from the state for as long as they have received money from the state.

Those wishing to use compensation must provide their employer with a written declaration in a form indicating the period for using unpaid leave and their bank account to which the funds will be paid.