One-Day Labor Contracts as political innovations

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Proper working conditions: protecting farm labourers through work contracts

In mid-2015, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Policy initiated the introduction of one-day labour contracts into the Bulgarian legislation. The people to be covered were the seasonal workers employed for the agricultural harvest. The goal was for these persons, who were mostly long-term unemployed, to receive a proper wage and to get health and accident insurance, as well as to record their working days for social security and pensions. At the same time, as the workers in question are mostly poor and socially disadvantaged, they should continue to receive unemployment aid and other social benefits. Moreover, an important part of the economy was thereby lifted out of the grey sector and provided with a proper legal framework.