March 2025 – As we move into 2025, we
want to highlight some of the key developments in the Romanian
employment dispute landscape over the past year. You can read our
summaries of these key trends below, along with our thoughts on
where we expect to see more employment litigation activity in the
year ahead.
I. Romanian market insights
Two key drivers in Romania this year concerning the increased
risk of employment litigation are economic uncertainty, which could
lead company restructurings and related dismissals, as well as the
many changes in Romanian legislation relating to whistleblowing and
the prevention of discrimination and harassment at the
workplace.
Specifically, there are two types of employee lawsuits we expect
to see often in 2025: (i) harassment,
discrimination, as well as whistleblower claims, and
(ii) appeals against employment termination.
