Technical unemployment regime until the end of 2021

An important change in the technical unemployment rate, which only applies until 31 December 2021, was introduced by Emergency Ordinance No 111 of 2 October 2021.

As of January 1, 2022, the gross minimum basic salary amounts to 2.550 lei per month.

The Romanian state has a lot of concerns to help the private sector, especially through the facilities it offers to companies to stimulate the employment and/or maintenance of employees.

The structure introduced in December last year by Law 239/2020 is aimed at companies that spend on early education and can deduct these costs from income tax due.

The December amendment of Law 227/2015 – Tax Code, provides for the addition of the list of non-taxable income.

The guaranteed basic gross minimum wage in payment is now 2300 lei monthly, as of 13 January 2021.

The Labour Code (Law 53/2003) was supplemented by a new case for the suspension of the individual employment contract.

The new year begins in Romania with an increase in the minimum wage in the economy.
The measure to increase the minimum wage will be certain after January 6.

Law No 81/2018 regulating the activity of telework will be amended and supplemented by a number of clarifications.

Law 53/2003 – the Labour Code will be complemented by a set of provisions allowing the use of electronic signatures at the conclusion of the individual employment contract and amendments.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act No. 319 of 14 July 2006 will be amended and supplemented by some extremely important provisions.

According to Emergency Ordinance 147/2020 published in the Official Journal on Fridays, in the event of limitation or suspension of teaching in schools, kindergartens and nurseries, due to the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19, employees with children may apply for paid days off under certain conditions.

As they did not know how to deal with the technically unemployed employees, employers were clarified on Friday evening, after the publication of Decree 92/2020, which are the facilities they can benefit from.

In this article, we have summarized the main provisions contained in the order 92/2020 published in the Official Journal 459/29 May 2020, on the establishment of active support measures for employees and employers in the context of the epidemiological situation caused by the spread of SAR-Cov-2 coronavirus, as well as for the amendment of certain regulatory acts.

The last day of school introduced a new decree amending and supplementing Law 19/2020 on parental leave to supervise children in the event of temporary closure of educational establishments (details of the previous provisions are here). This is the Government Emergency Ordinance No. 41, published in the Official Gazette No. 282 of 03.04.2020.

The new amendments concern:

On Monday evening, after long waiting, the Emergency Ordinance on the modification and completion of the OUG No. 30/2020 was published in the Official Journal, which refers to the protection that the State will guarantee to the employees during the state of emergency, in the event of suspension of individual employment contracts, at the initiative of the employer, in accordance with Article 52 (1) (c) of Law 53/2003 – Labour Code. Shortly, we are talking about the ordered regulation governing the technical unemployment during the SAR-cov-2 crisis.

As we intended, but did not hope, the ordinance was in support of all employees affected by the spread of SAR-virus cov-2, eliminating the differentiation between employees whose employers have been forced to close down completely or partially on the basis of the decisions taken by the public authorities and those who have been indirectly affected by the measures taken.