COVID-19 and the National Employment Plan in Bulgaria – Analysis and Opportunities for Change

Abstract

This paper is the second part of an extensive study which analyzes and examines the processes on the Bulgarian market that unfold in the emergency situation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemics. The focus is on the state of the labour market before the pandemic crisis and the subsequent changes in the current national employment plan in view of the challenges of the situation caused by COVID-19. It proposes measures and supports actions for restructuring the financial resource for adaptation of the plan to the new challenge to the labour market in Bulgaria.

Keywords: labour market, employment action plan, COVID-19, social system, social policies

JEL Classification: P00