11.12.2020

The stored jobs under the measure 60/40 are about 250 thousand

Over BGN 585 million have been transferred so far to the companies and enterprises that have applied under the measure 60/40 for maintaining the employment of their employees. The jobs stored are about 250 thousand, and all workers receive their full wages and insurances. This was announced by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.

The state compensations amount to 60% of the due salaries and insurances, and the employers are obliged to insure the remaining 40%.

The first version of 60/40, which operated from March to June, supported 9,000 companies, according to the NSSI analysis. They received BGN 186 million, the largest part of which is for enterprises in the processing industry - nearly BGN 71.6 million to keep more than 80,400 jobs. BGN 29.5 million for 26,700 employees are directed to the employers from the trade. The hotel and restaurant sector was supported by a little over BGN 22.6 million. Most of the companies are from the districts of Sofia-city (3127), Plovdiv (724) and Varna (609).

The transferred funds under the second variant of the measure 60/40 are nearly BGN 342 million to 5241 employers. Most of them - nearly BGN 175.1 million, were transferred again to companies from the processing industry for the preservation of about 62,000 jobs.

The enterprises from the mining industry received BGN 41.6 million for 6,500 reserved jobs. BGN 33.0 million were directed to the employers from trade for over 11,600 employees. The Hotel and Restaurant Sector was supported by about BGN 50.2 million for 35,000 jobs, and the Transport, Warehousing and Post Office Sector by BGN 33.1 million for nearly 14,600 employees. Most companies were from Sofia-city (1816), Varna (434), Burgas (419) and Plovdiv (399).

Under the third design of the measure, more than BGN 57.5 million have been paid so far. It started in October and the application lasts until December 15. It has already supported 2,661 companies to retain 73,271 jobs. Currently, the other applications of the applicant companies are being processed, which are a total of 4872 for nearly 110,000 employees.

In the current version of the measure there are reliefs not only for the companies from the sector "Hotel and restaurant", but for those from the so-called "Random shipments". They have no obligation to maintain the employment of seasonal workers after the end of the winter tourist season. Companies that received funds under the measure before October have administrative facilities for submitting documents.

It is expected that from the beginning of next year the measures to support employment will be consolidated. These are the measures 60/40 for maintaining employment, 80/20 for short-term employment and the new measure for closed businesses.

According to an analysis by the National Social Security Institute, the measure 60/40, with which the state supports business financially in order to preserve jobs in the coronary crisis, has contributed to limiting the growth of unemployment in our country.