Prime Minister: Minimum Wage Will Not Be Raised In November

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Wednesday that the country’s minimum wage will not increase starting with November, as was proposed by the Government’s Prognosis Commission, but that the raise could happen in December 2018 or January 2019.

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“There is no way it will happen starting with November 1. I spoke with the unions. We will see if it is opportune for December 1 or January 1,” Dancila said when asked about the possibility of raising the minimum wage.

The Romanian chief of cabinet added that she was in favor of a tiered minimum wage in accordance with education, stating that it was not a discriminatory measure and that it was applied in other EU member states.

The Labor Ministry’s document on subject proposed raising the national gross minimum wage to RON2080/month, with a special rate of RON2350/month for jobs which require higher education or for employees with more than 15 years’ worth of labor experience.

Dancila also said that she did not agree with a document sent by Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici to EU institutions which contained the measure of freezing state wages in 2019.

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