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Recent Submissions
CONDUCTING MEDIATION IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT – SPECIFICS AND CHALLENGES
(Plovdiv University Press, 2025-12-15) Toshkov, Tomislav
Mediation in an electronic environment is an increasingly relevant method of dispute resolution, especially in the context of the growing digitalization and globalization of business relations. This form of mediation has its own specifics and challenges that distinguish it from traditional methods. Key specifics include flexibility and accessibility, allowing participants to interact regardless of geographical limitations. Technologies such as video conferencing and online communication plat-forms facilitate the process while providing opportunities for quick and efficient dispute resolution. Despite these advantages, electronic mediation also presents a number of challenges, including information security and the protection of personal data. The lack of physical presence can also reduce the effectiveness of communication by making it harder to build trust and an emotional connection between the parties. Another important issue is the adaptation of the legislative framework for the recognition and regulation of agreements reached through online mediation.
ABOUT THE NEW AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM OF INSOLVENCY AND RESTRUCTURING PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATION (EU) 2015/848 REGARDING INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2025-12-15) Alexandrov, Alexander
The study analyzes the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 regarding the establishment, objectives, content and consequences of entries in insolvency registers. It also examines the Bulgarian legal framework related to the new auto-mated information system for insolvency and restructuring proceedings at the Minis-try of Justice (Insolvency and Restructuring Register), which is planned to be connected to the European e-Justice Portal. The analysis includes a comparison between the information disclosed through the national insolvency register and that available through the company register regarding insolvency and restructuring proceedings.
DOCUMENTING VIOLATIONS OF WORKPLACE RULES THROUGH A VIDEO RECORDING
(Plovdiv University Press, 2025-12-15) Radeva, Maria
Monitoring workplace discipline through surveillance cameras is no longer an isolated phenomenon. In this regard, the Commission for Personal Data Protection has issued guidelines on the admissibility of video surveillance in the workplace. An analysis of case law shows that, in the past two years alone, a number of labour disputes have relied on video recordings to establish relevant facts. The purpose of this article is to examine how video recordings can be used as evidence in labour disputes, including for establishing violations of workplace discipline.
IS THE EMPLOYER’S CONTROL BY TECHNICAL MEANS OVER THE EMPLOYEES’ BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT ADMISSIBLE AND NECESSARY?
(Plovdiv University Press, 2025-12-15) Aleksandrov, Andrey
New information and communication technologies not only allow but also make it inevitable that an increasing number of work duties are performed online. In this respect, the first regulation of its kind in EU legislation on the working conditions of platform workers (or the so-called Platform Workers Directive) is also indicative. Although beyond the scope of this study, it stands as indisputable proof of the importance of Internet communication today – something that only a few decades ago seemed like science fiction. A huge number of people around the world, including in our country, spend all or almost all of their working time in front of a computer or other electronic device, communicating predominantly with colleagues, managers, and third parties in an electronic environment. This situation necessitates an ongoing discussion about the limits of employer control over employee behaviour online. Formulated more generally, this question can also be put as follows: how far does the employer’s freedom to control his employees by technical means extend?
LEGAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR IN THE ERA OF VALUE ADDED
(Plovdiv University Press, 2025-12-15) Topleva, Silviya
The productive application of modern high-level information and communication technologies is transforming the economy, business, the social sphere, and their legal regulation. The economic context of digitalization determines the formation of a new economic system based on value added. The concept of value added refers to generating and obtaining a higher degree of welfare, going beyond the utility, productivity and efficiency of products, services and processes. This concept of value added gradually permeates the sphere of law and leads to the emergence of new legal and organizational forms of capital and labour. The manifestation of the value-added idea in commercial law is linked to the formation of a new legal entity - the variable capital company. Its aim is to encourage the creation of and investment in innovative companies. Partners can structure the statutes to achieve a higher degree of value added for the enterprise and their business idea by taking advantage of capital companies with-out having to endure the accompanying heavier administrative procedures. An expression of this trend in labour law is the institutionalization of the user undertaking figure. The user undertaking represents an emanation of the value-added idea through the productive use of labour power, without bearing the administrative and financial bur-den of employer status. The legal and organizational forms of capital and labour in the era of value added generate many benefits for their users, but they also pose risks for other stakeholders.