Romanian Govt To Fight Illicit Employment Via Anonymous Notifications

These actions are provided by the national strategy against the occurrence of illicit work for 2010-2012, recently approved by the Government. Some other steps stated in the strategy include keeping permanent contact with the local media, in order to establish „a responsible civic attitude” against illicit work, as well as setting up an illegal employment hotline.

In carrying out its controls, the Labor Inspection institution will be assisted by the Police, Authority for Foreigners, Financial Guard, State Inspectorate for Constructions, National Trade Registry Office, Romanian Immigration Office, National Fiscal Administration Agency and Romanian Gendarmerie. The Government believes the efficiency of controls to identify employers using illicit work should be borne out by an increase in the number of registered individual labor contracts and in the volume of contributions to the state’s social security systems.

The Executive has allotted 1.4 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2931) for this plan between 2010 and 2012.

Factors responsible for instances of illegal employment are, among others: high taxes and required contributions, the single-minded pursuit of profit by certain employers, as well as some employees in desperate need to augment their often scanty income, limited regulation of certain work categories (such as day laborers used mainly in agricultural and seasonal work), excessive red tape hampering document registration and the low number of available jobs determining one to accept working outside the law.