The disability fund paid by the employer shall be increased

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.

Under the emergency ordinance of the Romanian Government no. 117 published in the Official Gazette on October 5, 2021, amendments were made to the Law no. 53/2003 – the Labor Code.

In recent days, some updates have been made to the ticket values that can be offered to employees.

Employers have a new obligation: To inform new employees under the age of 45 about joining a mandatory private pension fund (Pillar II).

The employee who’s vaccinated against COVID-19 shall, on request, be paid one free day per dose of vaccine.

Simplification of procedures specific to the activity of human resources in micro-enterprises, given that there are currently around 500.000 micro-enterprises with up to 9 employees in Romania.

A new Regulation for employers in insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings.

In recent times, there has been talk of the digitization of labor relations, a step more than necessary given the current situation.

Bianca has been our colleague for many years now. She is a lawyer in our office in Bucharest and is a person who is always curious, active and lively.

Because we all miss travel, we invite you to “travel” a little to our office in Sibiu so that we can present our colleague Tiberiu to you.

March brings the presentation of our colleague Renata Todoran, whom we invite you to know beyond figures, reports or balance sheets.

We are at the start of the year and we are going back to the presentations of our colleagues. This time we make a “stop frame” on our colleague Daniela, our expert on payroll.

Today we want to stop our attention to our colleague from Bucharest, Adina. If you have already crossed paths with her (in workouts, coaching sessions, etc.), we are sure that you have noticed the naturalness, charm and good mood that characterizes her.

Andreea is our colleague with a smile on her face, willing to help you at any time and …she is very close to Mitica. Who is Mitica? You can find out from the article below.

It’s time to tell you today about Virgil Aldea, our colleague from Sibiu.

Today we will talk about our colleague Sorin Herman, who this year joined our team in Human Resources.

Alina Isac, colega noastră de la „Conta”. Are 15 ani, dar nu de orice fel, ci de … ASCENT.

Following the publication of Law 151 of 23 July 2020 in the Official Gazette No. 658 of 24 July 2020, additions and amendments to the Labour Code were made in terms of discrimination against employees.

Thus any discrimination, direct or indirect, against an employee, by association, harassment or victimization, on the basis of race, nationality, ethnicity, color, language, religion or social origin, genetic characteristics, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, chronic non-malattie contagiose, HIV infection, political option, family situation or responsibility, membership or trade union activity, membership in a disadvantaged category is prohibited.

What is discrimination for association, harassment and victimization?

In the context of the economic crisis caused by the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), many companies are forced to apply cost-cutting measures and to reduce the activity. In this context the Romanian Government adopted on March 21 an Emergency Ordinance (no. 30/2020) to establish some measures in the field of social protection. The decree also brings some additions to the temporary suspension of the individual employment contract, at the initiative of the employer, known in common language as “technical unemployment”.

Technical unemployment existed also until now, being governed by the Labor Code which, in Article 53, contains provisions related to the interruption or reduction of the employer’s activity:

“Article 2 53

According to a draft decision of the Romanian Government to be approved, in order to benefit from the measure adopted by the Government, which will cover from the unemployment insurance budget the benefits enjoyed by employees whose individual employment contracts are temporarily suspended on the initiative of their employer (pursuant to Article 52 (1) (c) of Law 53/2003 – Labor code, as modified and integrated, due to the effects of SAR-Cov-2 virus, companies must obtain a certificate of emergency situations (CSU).

How to request CSU

The request for issuing emergency situation certificates (CSU) will be made exclusively via the http platform://prevenire.gov.ro/, the platform will contain a dedicated section and will be operational within 5 days of the adoption and publication of the draft decision in the Official Journal.

Within the platform, the applicant shall provide information on: