104 Bulgarian Customs Officers Face Redundancy
Bulgaria in EU | November 4, 2009, Wednesday
Bulgaria's National Customs Agency is poised to cut its workforce by over 100 officers, to improve efficiency and boost salaries. Photo by BGNES
The workforce of the National Customs Agency to be reduced by 104 people, in order to harmonize with EU requirements.
The cut in employment is in accordance with the institution’s structural regulations, the government information service announced on Wednesday.
The decision was taken following a detailed analysis of the activities of Bulgaria’s customs departments in relation to EU membership conditions.
The aim is to improve administrative capacity and work-efficiency, thereby ensuring better salaries for customs officers.
At the moment, the total number of employees is 4 003. Following the proposed cuts, 3 899 staff will continue to work in customs administration.
The pay-roll sector of the Central Customs Directorate will be augmented by 49 staff. In total, 567 experts will continue working at the directorate, as opposed to the 616 currently employed.
On Tuesday the agency has announced that newly recruited employees who scored less than 4/6 points in the basic training course would not be certified as operational customs personnel. The average score in this test is, however, 4,66/6.
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