"We are talking the language of social dialogue with the ministry and hope to achieve effective solutions for people at work," said President of CITUB Assoc Zhelyazko Hristov during a meeting with Minister Totyu Mladenov, his deputies and representatives of Cabinet of Ministry of Labor and Social Policy / MLSP / held in the headquarters of CITUB.

      Team Minister Mladenov said the most important priority in the work of the MLSP fight unemployment, which will continue to grow. Through funds from the state budget of the Operational Program "Human Resources" and in measures of active labor market, which will be assessed by the Advisory Council to the parliamentary committee on labor and social policy objectives is the creation of at least 150 000 new jobs .

      MLSP will actively promote collective bargaining, especially at company level. The most vulnerable groups - elderly, disabled and children at risk will be channeled funds for programs, but in a very strict control and optimize the cost by putting an end to the vicious practice of siphoning funds from social services.

      President of CITUB Assoc Zhelyazko Hristov welcomes the intention to introduce the ministry finally scheduled vouchers for training and qualification of workers, where money would go directly to the worker. Moreover, Dr. Christopher said it was ready to CITUB Social Management project, which will enhance the qualifications of social workers and will enable the growth of their income according to their professional skills. CITUB president also stressed that it is very important in what criteria will be adminsitrativniya staff cuts, so this is not an end in itself. Vice President Nikolai Nenkov emphasized the role of unemployment benefits in times of crisis and stressed that the amount of compensation should be tied to minimum wage. CITUB president expressed his confidence that the Government of Boyko Borisov will work to restore the role and importance and strengthening the structures of social dialogue, and that all policy actions especially in the economic and social sphere will be consulted and discussed with social partners at the National Tripartite Cooperation Council and its bodies in the sector and branch councils, the Advisory Council to the parliamentary committee on labor and other specialized tripartite national, regional and municipal structures.

      The team of Mr. Mladenov and management of CITUB united around the creation of a permanent working group for monitoring the effects of the crisis and the opportunities for rapid response to negative effects on the workforce in the country. Moreover, representatives of both institutions agreed on the need to regulate home-based work, national reporting of statistics on the amount of unpaid wages.

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