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Ban On Granting Vacation Vouchers To Affect Romanian Tourism – Union Leader

The ban on granting gift and vacation vouchers to public sector employees would seriously affect the country’s tourism sector, Bogdan Hossu, head of the country’s "Cartel Alfa" union confederation, said Friday in response to the government’s intention to ban these vouchers.
Ban On Granting Vacation Vouchers To Affect Romanian Tourism - Union Leader
03 apr. 2009, 12:52, English

Hossu said the ban actually is a contradiction and stressed that vacation vouchers are granted as payment for vacation bonuses.

"The decree is contradictory," said Hossu, adding that vouchers granted in accordance with collective labor contracts cannot be suspended through normative act.

Hossu also highlighted that the ban translates into significant loss for the tourism sector, considering that vacation bonuses will be granted in cash and the sector will lose most of these sums.

"Giving cash to employees instead of vouchers is absurd," Hossu said.

The Romanian government plans to ban the granting of gift and vacation vouchers to public sector employees until the end of 2009, ministry sources told MEDIAFAX.

The ban, which was already included in a draft emergency ordinance, will be applied to authorities and public institutions entirely funded from the state budget, local budgets, the social security budget, the budgets of special funds, own revenues, as well as subsidies from the state budget or entirely granted from own revenues.