Another category of employees will benefit from salary tax facilities

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.

Employers in Romania will be able to voluntarily increase the salaries of employees with the minimum wage by 200 lei, this additional amount will be exempted from the payment of tax and social contributions.

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.

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.”

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

All companies in Romania, including authorized individuals (PFA), could be required to pay a new fee to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and industry (CCIR) to be registered in a companies Catalog.

The settlement of technical unemployment for the companies affected by the war can be made after May 1, when the first applications can be submitted.

As of May 1, 2022, new rules on diurns are introduced in Romania.

The government is encouraging donations for refugees from Ukraine, approving a number of measures to that end.

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 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”.

Starting this year, companies are earning a 6-month deadline from the fourth quarter tax return for deciding what amounts to pay as sponsorship.

The Kurzarbeit settlement mechanism – is regulated to continue to apply, but also three months after the end of the alert.

Recently, the rules on declaring the patients with Covid as healed and the conditions under which they can return to the Community have changed.

At the beginning of 2022, ANAF automatically canceled all tax debts of less than 40 lei in balance at the end of 2021.

At the end of December Law 315 was published, which amends Law 129/2019 on the prevention and fight against money laundering and terrorist financing and introduces new provisions on the beneficial ownership statement.

The national Emergency Committee published the new list of measures and restrictions for the next 30 days.

The increase in the minimum wage as of 1 January also brings with it a number of legal obligations for employers. What is new and what do companies need to do to comply with the law?

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

According to an order draft, ANAF will eliminate 11 tax declarations.

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.

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.

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.

The education system and families have to tackle a new challenge of returning to e-learning.