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.

Angajatorii pot păstra contractele individuale de muncă în format electronic, dar nu orice copie digitală este acceptabilă. Descoperă cerințele legale specifice pentru semnătura electronică și certificarea conformității cu originalul, precum și cine are autoritatea de a efectua această certificare.

Employers must maintain individual employment contracts at the workplace, but electronic storage is now permitted under specific conditions. The electronic copy requires more than simple scanning—it must be electronically signed and certified as a true copy by the employer's legal representative or authorized person. This requirement establishes clear standards for digital record-keeping compliance in employment documentation.

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.

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.

Ministerul Muncii a stabilit noi criterii pentru includerea ocupațiilor deficitare pe lista folosită la recrutarea lucrătorilor din afara UE, relaxând pragurile minime de la 20 la 10 contracte active și avize de angajare. Ocupațiile eligibile trebuie să înregistreze posturi vacante greu de ocupat și un nivel minim de angajări de lucrători străini, iar angajatorii pot transmite propuneri motivate prin platforma WorkinRomania.gov.ro.

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.

Romania's Ministry of Labour has established new criteria for determining which occupations qualify as shortage occupations for recruiting workers from outside the EU. The updated rules lower minimum thresholds and introduce multiple pathways for occupations to be added to the list, including employer-submitted proposals through a dedicated platform.

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.

The EU Pay Transparency Directive introduces new obligations for employers regarding salary disclosure and confidentiality clauses. While individual salaries won't be made public, employers must justify pay differences through objective criteria and may need to revise internal confidentiality policies. The directive limits the use of confidentiality clauses that prevent employees from discussing their own remuneration for the purpose of verifying equal pay rights.

A cyberattack on Romania's National Agency for Cadastre and Property Registration has paralyzed the country's real estate market, preventing the authentication of property transactions and raising complex questions about force majeure, contractual obligations, and the legal status of pending registrations. This analysis examines the legal implications of the infrastructure failure, explores available remedies including VAT deadline extensions and alternative transaction structures, and assesses the broader

Regulamentul UE 2025/40 privind ambalajele și deșeurile de ambalaje (PPWR) va intra în vigoare în august 2026, aducând cerințe complexe care depășesc simpla raportare de mediu.

Pe 14 iulie 2026, Agenția Națională de Cadastru și Publicitate Imobiliară („ANCPI”) a descoperit un acces neautorizat în propria infrastructură informatică. Investigația tehnică, condusă de Directoratul Național de Securitate Cibernetică, a confirmat un atac cibernetic: atacatorii au criptat și șters o parte dintre serverele pe care rulau aplicațiile agenției. Rezultatul a fost imediat...