500 000 PAY LOWEST SOCIAL SECURITY

Business | June 10, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

From 400,000 to 700,000 people work in the shady economy, experts of Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria said. From 528,000 to 540,000 Bulgarian citizens pay insurances on the bases of one monthly minimum wage (BGN 85), more than 950,000 - of two minimum wages. Lack of labor contracts, wage arrears of several months, 10-hour working days, physical violence and dangerous work conditions are the most often violations of the workers` rights, reported experts from Trade Unions.

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