Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (No. 44) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1949)

1. Article 10, paragraph 2(b) of the Convention. The Government states in its report that a worker is entitled to benefit if, inter alia, "without any faults on his side", he has been released on the initiative of the employer in accordance with section 1(1) of Decree No. 57, 1989, as amended. The Committee notes this information. It recalls that Article 10(2)(b) provides that, in a case where a worker has lost his employment through his own misconduct, he may be disqualified for the receipt of benefit only for an appropriate period. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on what faults would disqualify a worker from receipt of benefit and for what period of time. The Committee would appreciate receiving a copy of any relevant regulatory or administrative provisions.

2. The Committee asks the Government to supply in the next report the statistics requested under point V of the report form approved by the Governing Body.