Global Employment Solutions & PEO in Bulgaria

Omnipresent provides global employment solutions and professional employment organisation (PEO) services for companies looking to grow and build out a global team in Bulgaria. Traditional methods of establishing global employment and subsidiaries in Bulgaria typically take months and can incur heavy costs. Omnipresent’s global employment solutions and PEO services is helping hundreds of organisations onboard new employees in Bulgaria in a matter of days with full compliance of local labour laws. We use a tech-forward approach to streamline the process. 

• Your company conducts the hiring and candidate selection process in Bulgaria.
• Omnipresent hires the selected candidate through our local professional employment organisation in Bulgaria.
• We take care of ensuring your new employee is hired in compliance with local labour laws, payroll regulations, benefits and more -- all without needing to set up a subsidiary in Bulgaria.
• The individual is legally contracted by Omnipresent but assigned to work for your company and reports to a manager or team in your organisation as your full-time employee.

Employer costs include Pension Fund Employees (born after 1960), Health Insurance, and Additional Obligatory Pension Fund Employees (born after 1960). Use the OmniCalculator to estimate costs, or contact us for further information.

Income taxes Income generally is subject to a flat personal income tax rate of 10% regardless of an individual's income level.

National insurance contributions include social security and health insurance contributions. The rate of social security contributions payable by the employee is 10.58%. The rate of health insurance contributions payable by the employee is 3.2%. The above rates are applicable to Bulgarian nationals, as well as to EU/EEA nationals who are subject to Bulgarian social security contributions (i.e. who have not obtained a E101/A1 certificate of coverage issued from their home country social security authorities). Non-EU/EEA nationals are also subject to these contributions under certain conditions, except for health insurance contributions. If they have a permanent residence permit for Bulgaria, they will be subject to health insurance contributions too.

Standard 40 hours per week.

Overtime permitted with limitations, regulated by law.

Generous sick leave entitlements. Payment by Social Security.

Generous maternity/paternity/parental leaves. Generally paid for the most part by Social Security.

Minimum 20 days paid leave per year (plus PH).

Law provides for exceptions and requirements. Carry over admissable.

Additional leaves apply.

Severance can be mandatory under certain conditions. Severance paid out to employee depending on dismissal type.

Terminations heavily regulated. Major blocks for specific categories. Procedural requirements depending on size/number of dismissals.

Notice periods subject to specific conditions.