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Bulgaria is among EU countries with lowest level of temporary employment

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Bulgaria is among the five EU countries with the lowest proportion of temporary employment, according to Eurostat's analysis of EU labor market trends in 2018. Our country has a 4% share of temporary employment for people aged 15-64, with an EU average of 14%. According to this data, there were about 130,000 temporary workers in Bulgaria last year at the backdrop of a total of 3.2 million people who were economically active in the period. Temporary employment covers mostly people with basic or lower education - 80,000.



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