According to the decree, people who are not retired can pay contributions to the public pension system for those periods in the past five years when they did not contribute to the system.
The sum considered when calculating retroactive contributions to the public pension system is the gross minimum salary corresponding to the period for which contributions will be paid.
Contributors must pay 27.5% to 31.5% of the gross minimum wages set by laws starting 2005, and the sum will be adjusted to the inflation rate. Contributions will go into the pension budget and must be paid by December 31, 2010.
In early August, the Associations of Romanians in Italy called on the Labor Ministry to implement measures so that Romanians who worked without labor contracts can pay pension contributions retroactively.