STUDY OF EMPLOYMENT TYPE AND DURATION IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES IN BULGARIA FOR THE PERIOD 2019–2022

ABSTRACT: Over the past twenty years, fundamental changes have taken place in the field of labour which have affected the length and distribution of working time. The main trends are related to the reduction of the total duration of working time and the deviation from the generally accepted standard of the traditional form of employment. There has been a gradual change in the organisation of the work process, which also leads to an increased variety of types of working time. These new processes reflect the impact of many structural changes in society, such as the shift from manufacturing to services, productivity gains resulting from technological progress, and an increasingly competitive work environment. The current survey is aimed at various business sectors in Bulgaria and the world for the period 2019-2022. The data analysed show the preferred form of employment among workers, as well as the changes in the organisation of the work process as resulting from a two-year period of global crisis due to the recent world pandemic.