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With 15 votes "for", two "against" and no abstentions, the Committee on Labor, Social and Demographic Policy in the Parliament adopted changes to the Labor Code in the first reading, BTA reported.

The amendments were introduced by Bozhidar Bojanov

Bozhidar Bojanov is an IT expert and entrepreneur, founder of an information security company.

There is also a group of people's representatives from "Democratic Bulgaria

"Democratic Bulgaria" is a center-right political association composed of".

The changes provide for the replacement of the work book with a single electronic work record.

The reasons for the bill also state that there will be an electronic register of employment, maintained by the Employment Agency, in which all data from the employment book is entered, and employees have the right to full access to their employment record.

According to Bojanov, the employment record should have been lost a long time ago.

He said that electronic record keeping has practical benefits for the employer and the workers.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has comments on the bill.

Deputy Minister Emil Mingov said that the topic of changes regarding the labor book should be discussed in the format of the tripartite cooperation council.

Proposal: To make the employment book electronic

The KNSB also has concerns about some texts in the bill, but indicated that it is necessary for the electronic work book to become a fact. 

GERB-SDS and "BSP for Bulgaria" expressed support in principle, but deputies from both formations said that it was necessary to specify the texts between the first and second reading.

Ivan Matev from "We continue the change" commented that there are no savings books anymore, so he does not understand why the paper work book is needed.

Daniela Dashkova from "Bulgarski Vozhod" said that there are electronic diaries in the schools, so she does not see a problem with the work book also being in an electronic version.

Georgi Georgiev noted that "Vazrazhdane" does not support the bill.

He stated that he does not see any difficulties in using the employment record.

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