The Law no. 40 of March 31st, 2011 for amending and
supplementing of the Law no. 53/2003 of the Labour Code was
published in the Official Gazette, Part I no. 225 of March
31st, 2011. The amendments will come into force from May
1 2011.
According to Law no. 40/2011, the individual labour
contract on definite period of time cannot exceed 36
months, as opposed to 24 months as the current Labour Code
provides. The individual labour contract on definite period can be
extended, as provided in Article 81 after the expiration of the
initial term, with the written approval of the parties, for the
period of creating a project, program, or work. Three successive
individual labour agreements on definite period can be concluded
between the same parties. The individual labour agreements on
definite period concluded within three months from the termination
of an individual labour agreement on definite period are considered
successive contracts and may not have a term longer than 12
