Labor Law Conference
Our expert in Employment and Human Resources laws Cristina Tiscul-Diaconu had participated at the Labor Law Conference, hosted by HR Portal on April 23rd.
The Labor Law Conference gathered representatives of public authorities, such as the National Labor Inspectorate, National Center for Personal Data Protection, National House of Social Insurance, as well as National Confederation of Trade Unions and National Confederation of Patronages, National Union of Judicial Bailiffs and independent experts.
Most important topics that have been discussed at the conference:
- Amendments to the Labor Code that have been elaborated by the National Confederation of Trade Unions and National Confederation of Patronages and the Ministry of Labor, which are to be debated at one of the next Government’s sessions;
- Personal data protection principles;
- Enforcement of court decisions resulted from labor disputes;
- Health and safety at work;
- Mediation of labor disputes and others.
Therefore, we would like to bring to your attention the most important amendments to the Labor Code that have been proposed to the Government, but have not been passed as bills yet.
Thus, the confidentiality clause might be extended from 1 year (as it is now) – to 2 years, during employment and after termination of employment.
The respective amendments expressly provide that concluding employment agreements for definite term, in the absence of the necessary grounds will be interpreted as concluded for indefinite termAlso, employment agreements for the period of implementation of an investment project or technical and financial assistance program will be concluded for a definite period, for the term of the project. The probation period for unqualified workers will be extended from 15 calendar days (as it is now) to 30 calendar days.
Another significant amendment to the Labor Code would be amending paragraph 81 regarding the grounds for termination of employment agreement with a new reason: by the written agreement of the parties, at any time. Also, the amendments provide that the Employee will be able to withdraw his resignation letter only during first 7 days from the date when he submitted it.
At the same time, the controversial provision regarding dismissal of the employee for absence from work for more than 4 consecutive hours will be amended and it will provide that the lunch break will not interrupt this term. Further, the amendments provide that the unpaid leave for family reasons or other important reasons will be extended from 60 calendar days (as it is now) to 120 calendar days. The last, but not the least amendment provides that the apprenticeship agreement could be concluded with any person, without limitations of age, as it is now (up to 30 years old).
We hope our information was of high interest for you and we will keep you posted with all of our news.
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