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Romanian PM, Social Partners Fail To Agree On Collective Labor Contracts

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and social partners on Friday failed to find common ground on issues concerning national collective work contracts and a final decision on the changes to the Labor Code will be taken by the ruling coalition next week.
Romanian PM, Social Partners Fail To Agree On Collective Labor Contracts
Ioana Tudor
11 feb. 2011, 17:24, English

Discussion focused on collective work contracts and how they should be enforced, said „Cartel Alfa” union leader Bogdan Hossu, adding all social partners, except the National Council of Small and Medium Private Enterprises and Labor Minister Ioan Botis, agreed on preserving national collective work contracts.

According to Hossu, the prime minister wrote down all the propositions put forward by social partners and a final decision will be presented Tuesday or Wednesday.

Labor union and employer association representatives on Friday resumed talks with Boc on the planned changes to the Labor Code, with national collective labor contracts at the forefront of debate.

In their previous meeting, the prime minister supported eliminating national collective labor contracts, but was in favor of collective contracts for each industry, according to Cezar Coraci, leader of employers’ association UGIR-1903.

Boc said later that the Government has accepted 27 of the social partners’ suggestions, such as the period of prior notice – 20 calendar days for regular positions and 30 days for management positions – and the period of internship for recent graduates.