Labour Code Jurisdiction Bulgaria Year 1986 Published in Bulgarian, English Original/other title [Bulgarian] Kodeks na truda Source Bulgarian version, 1986-2001 (64p.). English language version (62p). Online availability [Bulgarian] http://www.tu-sofia.acad.bg/BUL/normativni/KT-86.htm, [Bulgarian] http://www.mlsp.government.bg/bg/law/law/kodex.doc, [English] http://natlex.ilo.org/txt/E01BGR01.htm Descriptors [Primary] Bulgaria, occupational safety and health [Secondary] handicapped workers, law, personal protective equipment, responsibilities of employers, women, young persons Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract Consolidated text of the Bulgarian Labour Code, originally promulgated in the Bulgarian State Gazette (Nos.26 and 27/1986), as amended until 2001. Chapter 13 (articles 273-290) contains provisions for occupational safety and health, including: obligation for the employer to ensure healthy and safe working conditions; issuing of appropriate safety and health rules; obligation for the employer to provide training in safe working methods; right of refusal; provision of work clothes and personal protective equipment; provision of free preventive meals and anti-toxins; time limitation of work in hazardous environments; periodic medical examinations; provision of safety and health data to the authorities. Chapter 15 (articles 301-324) provide for the protection of special categories of workers (adolescents, women, persons with partial incapacity). Previous analysis: CIS 90-4. CIS No. 02-504 Database ID 78649