Issue of work permits for young people

№ 2377 of the Administrative Registry

Title: Issue of work permits for young people

Legal grounds: Labour Code – Article 302 (2), Article 303 (3)

Applicants: Natural and legal persons – in their capacity of employers according to the Labour Code

Authority issuing the individual administrative act: Director of "Labour Inspectorate" Directorate, responsible for the region in which the workplace of the young person will be located.

Contact information of the Labour Inspectorate Directorates in the regional centres of Bulgaria: https://www.gli.government.bg/en/map-directorates

Documents required:

  • A Work Permit for a Young Person Request (GLI EA template).
  • Description of the type of work to be performed by the person under 18 (job description).
  • Results from the risk assessment at which the young person under 18 might be exposed (risk assessment card/list of the workplace risks identified, together with measurement certificates for the factors of the working environment.
  • Information on the measures provided to protect the health and safety of the person under 18.
  • The "fitness for work assessment" report of the occupational medicine service confirming that the young person under 18 is fit to perform the specific work and that it is safe for them (a copy certified as "true copy").
  • The distribution of the working time for the young people in the age group 15-16 (for people under 15, an individual daily schedule for training and additional tasks must be provided).

 

Standard application forms may be downloaded at: https://www.gli.government.bg/bg/node/6349

    1. Request for a work permit for a young person

How to apply - The service qualifies as a third level electronic administrative service (two-way electronic communication).

  1. Apply online
  • The GLI EA E-Services Portal - The applicant completes the online service request form at the GLI EA E-Services Portal and attaches copies of the documentary evidence required. The service request form must be signed with a Qualified Electronic Signature of the employer or an authorised representative and submitted online. If an authorised representative electronically signs the service request form, a copy of a power of attorney must also be attached. At the time of the acceptance of the service request, the E-Services Portal generates an automated confirmation of receipt, which contains the file registration number and an access code for checking processing status. The online application form is available at: https://public.gli.government.bg/GIT_Public/EAdminService/ServiceIndex
  • The Unified Platform for Electronic Administrative Services of the State e-Government Agency: https://egov.bg/wps/portal/egov/dostavchitsi+na+uslugi/izpalnitelni+agentsii/156
  • The Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency To use this option, the employer or their authorised representative must be registered users of the Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency. The service request and supporting documentation must be attached to a message sent to the registered user of the GLI EA. In addition, when an authorised representative user sends the service request, a power of attorney must also be attached to the message.

The system automatically registers the request, and the applicant receives a confirmation of receipt containing the file registration number and registration date. All service requests submitted after 16:30 are registered on the following working day.

 

  1. Apply at the offices of GLI EA

 

  • Submit a service request in writing - A service request signed by the employer and the supporting documentation in hard copies is submitted at the Labour Inspectorate Directorate responsible for the region in which the workplace of the young person will be located. The service request is registered, and the applicant receives the file registration number and registration date.

 

  • Request a service verbally - The service may be requested verbally at the Labour Inspectorate Directorate responsible for the region in which the workplace of the young person will be located. A GLI EA official completes a "protocol for verbal service request". The protocol is signed by the applicant and the GLI EA official. The protocol for verbal service request serves as a service request letter/form. The applicant must attach to the protocol all required supporting documents. The protocol is registered, and the applicant receives the file registration number and registration date.

 

  1. Send your service request by post or a licensed postal operator - A service request signed by the employer and the supporting documentation in hard copies is sent to the Labour Inspectorate Directorate responsible for the region in which the workplace of the young person will be located, by post or by a licensed postal operator.

 

How to receive the individual administrative act

  1. Receive it online
  • The GLI EA E-Services Portal – For all service requests submitted by a Qualified Electronic Signature in the E-Services Portal, the individual administrative act is provided to the applicant by publishing it in the file section of the GLI EA E-Services Portal.
  • The Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency - For all service requests submitted in the Secure Electronic Delivery System of the State e-Government Agency, the individual administrative act signed with a Qualified Electronic Signature is provided to the registered user (the employer or the authorised representative) by a system message.

 

  • Applicant's email – At the applicant's request, the individual administrative act signed with a Qualified Electronic Signature may be sent to the applicant's email.

 

  1. Receive it in paper original at the offices of GLI EA - The individual administrative act is provided in the original to the employer or their authorised representative at the offices of the Labour Inspectorate Directorate responsible for the region in which the workplace of the young person will be located.
  2. Receive it by post or by a licensed postal operator - The signed individual administrative act is sent in the original to the employer or their authorised representative to the postal address given by the applicant in the service request form.  

Period of validity of the document: Until any of the following circumstances occurs:

  • The employment contract for the conclusion of which the permit has been issued was terminated.
  • The employee turns 18.
  • The competent institution revokes the permit.

Processing times: 7 days following Ordinance № 6/24.07.2006 on the terms and conditions for issuing work permits to persons under 18 years of age - Article 16 (3)

Service Fees/Prices: The service is provided free of charge.

Authority exercising control over the activities of the service provider: Minister of Labour and Social Policy.

Subject area covered by the service/scheme: labour relations

Email Address for Service Proposals - Service Proposals can be made through:

• E-form for feedback: https://www.gli.government.bg/bg/form/contact

• e-mail of the Agency: info@gli.government.bg

E-mail address for relief proposals - Relief proposals can be made through:

• E-form for feedback: https://www.gli.government.bg/en/form/contact)

• e-mail of the Agency: info@gli.government.bg