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  January 1 New Year’s Day March 3 Liberation Day(National Day) May 1 Labour Day May 6 Saint George’s Day/Army Day May 24 Culture and Literacy Day September 6 Unification Day September 22 Independence Day November 1 Day of the Bulgarian Enlighteners (Holiday for all educational institutions) December 24 Christmas Eve December 25-26 Christmas Day Easter Holidays 4 days: Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday and Monday(according to the Orthodox calendar of the year) …

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◉ Reasons for sickness absence  Employees may take sick leave for a number of reasons, such as: general sickness, occupational disease, employment injury treatment or for urgent medical examination or tests quarantine suspension from work under the instruction by the health authorities to care for attendance of a sick or quarantined member of the family urgent need to go with a sick member of their family to a medical examination, test or treatment to take care of a healthy child who cannot be at school/nursery/other establishment because there has been a quarantine at the child’s establishment …

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  January 1 New Year’s Day (Monday) March 3 Liberation Day (National Day) (Sunday) March 4 Liberation Day Holiday (Monday) May 1 Labour Day (Wednesday) May 3 Orthodox Good Friday May 4 Orthodox Holy Easter (Saturday) May 5 Orthodox Easter (Sunday) May 6 Orthodox Easter Monday May 6 Saint George’s Day/Army Day (Monday) May 24 Culture and Literacy Day (Friday) September 6 Unification Day (Friday) September 22 Independence Day (Sunday) September 23 Independence Day Holiday (Monday) December 24 Christmas Eve (Tuesday) December 25 Christmas Day (Wednesday) December 26 Second Day of Christmas (Thursday) Note: These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates …

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Other paid leave entitlements include: Two days for an employee’s own marriage Two days for the death of a parent, child, spouse, sibling or parent-in-law …

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◉ Protection for pregnant employees The Labour Code prohibits employers from deploying female employees to hard and harmful work operations that may be detrimental to their health or ‘their reproductive functions’ …

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All employees must be given at least 20 days paid leave each year …

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