Romania’s Govt To Eliminate 13th Salary When Current Collective Labor Contracts Expire

Seitan said, answering a question addressed by journalists after the Government adopted the ordinance on applying the unitary wage law, that public sector employees will no longer be granted an extra monthly salary per year in 2010.

Romania’s Government adopted Monday evening an ordinance that maintains into force the collective labor contracts already signed and valid until October, including the salary rights they stipulate.

The draft emergency ordinance on applying the unitary wage law states that employees in restructured institutions which changed their financing regime will receive salaries included in their current collective labor contracts until these expire. In the meantime, salaries will be renegotiated or certain jobs will be cut.