Qualitative post-test evaluation of ESENER : national overview report : Bulgaria

The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) in partnership with Kooperationsstelle Hamburg has been commissioned by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) to conduct a qualitative post-test of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). The aim of the work is to build an in-depth understanding of results from the survey and to understand more about how OSH is managed at the workplace. The work is intended to feed into the design and development of a new round of ESENER planned for 2014, and to further improve the quality of the survey instrument. This document presents the national overview reports for each of the five countries included in the research: Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Italy and the UK. Each national overview report draws on the interviews conducted with management and employee representatives in visited establishments. In total, cognitive interviews were conducted in 90 establishments (approximately 18 in each country). Each national overview report presents the country context in relation to OSH prior to discussing the technical issues with survey questions and their interpretations. Overall findings from the research and recommendations will be included in the final report, due at the end of May 2013.