The minimum wage changes in 2023

From 1 January 2023, the minimum gross national guaranteed basic wage increases.

According to a draft law, starting with 2023, salary taxes could be “paid” with sick leave allowances that the state must return to employers.

Law 275/2022 was published in the Official Gazette on October 3, 2022, rejecting the provisions of the Emergency Ordinance 37/2021 which exempted micro-enterprises from a series of bureaucratic obligations.

The Law of paternity leave no. 210/1999, is amended by the publication in the Official Gazette no. 845 of 29.08.2022 of OUG no. 117.

Starting with January 1, 2023, according to Law 195/2022, the obligations of archiving the payroll states issued by employers will decrease to 5 years

According to Law 144 of 2022, the General Register of employees (REVISAL) will be accessible online, at any time, for employees and former employees.

According to Law no. 135/2022, starting with the incomes related to June 2022 and until the end of 2028, the minimum gross salary for the fields of agriculture and food industry will be at least 3.000 lei per month.

As of 1 January 2022, Government Decision No 1071 entered into force for the establishment of the minimum gross basic salary per country guaranteed in payment.

The alert status was last extended for 30 days, starting February 7, 2022, and March 8, 2022 was the last day on which the restrictions set by the Government decision were valid.

In the Official Gazette of Romania was published the law regulating the leave and the allowance for the care of people with cancer aged over 18 years

The law published in the Official Gazette of Romania introduces “a special form of leave for the care of the child in quarantine or isolation (…), granted to parents for whom the measure of isolation or quarantine was not ordered.”

The order on the organization and conduct of the population and housing census stipulates that “persons employed who self-review via the Internet have the right to a free, paid day”.

Law No 267 of 09 November 2021 laying down simplification measures at the level of the central public administration was published.

Following the government decision no. 1.071/2021, the gross minimum wage per country will be lei 2.550 as of January 1, 2022, which also entails the corresponding increase of the internship allowance.

Linked to the increase in the minimum wage, the contribution for the non-employed disabled will be implicitly increased by companies and public authorities employing at least 50 employees.