Romania has published its preliminary draft law to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national legislation, setting out how pay transparency...

Starting July 2026, employers must handle sick pay recalculations differently when employee illness spans multiple months and exceeds certain day thresholds. The new regulation eliminates retroactive declaration requirements and applies to both new cases and illnesses that began before the implementation date.

Starting July 1, 2026, Romania introduces a new calculation method for medical leave benefits that extend across multiple months. When sick leave crosses into a new month and exceeds the 7-day or 8-14 day thresholds, the resulting benefit differences will be included in the income of the month they are determined, rather than being declared retroactively.

Governmental Emergency Ordinance no. 26/2019 entered into force on 23 April 2019 bringing changes to the Romanian Labour Code.

The Romanian Government came up with a balanced decision affecting the minimum wage per industry with afflictions to a handful of industries and benefits to others.

The Romanian Government has adopted an emergency ordinance on 9th of November 2018 which provides for the amendment of the Labour Code.

The Pay Transparency Directive introduces new requirements for employers regarding pay confidentiality clauses while stopping short of mandating full disclosure of individual salaries. Employers must now prepare to justify pay differences using objective criteria and review their internal policies on pay confidentiality once the directive is transposed into national law.

Romania and the United States have established a bilateral social security agreement that fundamentally changes how cross-border workers and retirees access pension benefits between the two nations.

Starting July 1, 2026, Romania will implement significant changes to its minimum wage policy, raising the gross minimum salary while simultaneously reducing tax exemption benefits. These adjustments will impact both employers and employees across the country, affecting payroll calculations and net income for minimum wage workers.

The maximum value for daily meal tickets that can be awarded to employees while benefiting from a special fiscal regime has been increased from 30 RON (approximately 6 EUR) to 35 RON...

On Wednesday, January 13th, the Romanian Government voted on decision no. 4/13.01.2021 and subsequently published the decision in the National Gazette

August 2018 – Many companies have business reasons to conduct certain work activities for an uninterrupted period exceeding five days.

This year's first issue of our newsletter, put together by our Bucharest Employment and Labour law team, provides an overview of the new updates on employee salary rights, namely:

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on a critical aspect of employment law concerning business transfers, determining whether unpaid salary obligations automatically transfer to the new employer and whether employee consent can block this transfer. This decision clarifies the scope of transferred obligations under EU law and the relationship between special transfer rules and general civil code provisions on debt assumption.

Main amendments refer to the determination and granting of the annual rest leave and to the salary payable to the temporary employees.

Government Emergency Ordinance 53/2017 amending the Labour Code

Effective January 9, 2020, the minimum monthly salary for EU Blue Card applicants in Romania has increased...

The Romanian government has announced updated minimum salary levels for certain workers in 2021.

Since 2000, Romania has been the recipient of significant foreign investment, garnering more foreign investment than any other central and southeastern European country.

After significant legislative updates and amendments in 2019, 2020 brings strong prospects for a series of projects, completing the...