pension bill

Romanian Constitutional Court To Rule On Dec 15 On Liberals’ Challenge To Pension Law

11:09, 09 Dec. 2010
Romania’s Constitutional Court will discuss opposition liberals’ challenge to the recently adopted pension bill on December 15, the Court said Thursday.

Romanian Lower House Committee Sets Retirement Age To 63 For Women, 65 For Men

12:36, 30 Nov. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies' committee for labor on Tuesday adopted an amendment setting the retirement age to 63 for women and 65 for men, approving President Traian Basescu's request for the pension bill's re-examination.

Romanian President Regrets Sending Pension Bill Back To Parliament For Reexamination

14:00, 25 Nov. 2010
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Thursday he regrets he sent the country’s pension bill back to the Parliament for reexamination, as he gave lawmakers “the opportunity to play the fool and act irresponsibly”.

Romanian Lower Chamber Committee Sets Retirement Age To 60 For Women, 64 For Men

19:15, 22 Nov. 2010
The opposition parties in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies' committee for labor voted Monday in favor of setting the standard retirement age to 60 for women and 64 for men.

Romanian Lower Chamber Sets Pension Bill Reexamination Calendar

12:37, 17 Nov. 2010
The standing office of Romania’s Camber of Deputies Wednesday set a calendar for the reexamination of the pension bill, a piece of legislation required by the IMF and sent back to Parliament by President Traian Basescu.

Romanian Senate Rejects President Basescu’s Pension Bill Reexamination Request

13:35, 10 Nov. 2010
Romania’s Senate Wednesday rejected President Traian Basescu’s request to reexamine the country’s unitary pension bill.

Romanian Senate Labor Committee Adopts Several Amendments To Revised Pension Bill

19:23, 26 Oct. 2010
The Romanian Senate’s labor committee Tuesday adopted, with amendments, a favorable report on the pension bill, which was sent back to Parliament for reexamination by President Traian Basescu.

Romanian Senate Labor Committee Votes To Lower Retirement Age For Both Men, Women

15:40, 26 Oct. 2010
The Romanian Senate's labor committee Tuesday adopted with six to three votes and one abstention an amendment to the country’s pension bill, which sets at 64 the retirement age for men and at 60 the retirement age for women.

Romanian Senate’s Legal Committee Agrees With Reexamination Of More Pension Bill Articles

16:15, 20 Oct. 2010
The Romanian Senate’s committee for legal matters decided Wednesday that more articles of the country’s unitary pension bill will be reexamined, besides the article indicated by President Traian Basescu in his reexamination request.

Romanian Senate To Re-Discuss Pension Law Early November

12:01, 19 Oct. 2010
The standing office of the Romanian Senate decided Tuesday the pension bill, which the head of state sent back to Parliament for reexamination, will be discussed in a plenary session early November.

Romanian President Calls On Parliament To Adopt Pension Bill ASAP

15:39, 15 Oct. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday sent a letter to Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana, calling for the speedy adoption of the unitary pension bill, the presidential office said in a press release Friday.

Life Will Have Us Level Retirement Age By 2030 – Romanian PM

13:57, 08 Oct. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday that “life will have us equalize the retirement age by 2030”, adding that a decision on this matter is in the hands of the Parliament.

Romanian President Sends Pension Bill Back To Parliament

15:48, 07 Oct. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday that he will send the public sector unitary pension bill back to the Parliament, requesting that the standard retirement age be set at 63 for women.

Romanian Opp Leader Urges President Not To Pass Pension Bill Into Law

13:21, 06 Oct. 2010
Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party leader Victor Ponta Wednesday called on President Traian Basescu not to promulgate the pension reform, which has been cleared by the Constitutional Court, threatening to call for his suspension otherwise.

Romania’s Constitutional Court Postpones Ruling On Pension Bill For Next Week

13:39, 29 Sept. 2010
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday postponed for next week a ruling on a law reforming the country’s pension system, which has been contested by the two main opposition parties.

Romanian Opp Liberals To Challenge Pension Bill At Constitutional Court

15:06, 21 Sept. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party said Tuesday it will challenge the country’s pension bill at the Constitutional Court, after the Chamber of Deputies rejected a proposition to retake the vote on the bill, amid fraud allegations raised by the opposition.

Romanian Chamber Of Deputies Rejects Proposition To Retake Vote On Pension Bill

14:25, 21 Sept. 2010
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday rejected with 33 to 158 votes and eight abstentions the Standing Bureau’s proposition to put the pension bill to the vote again, amid fraud allegations raised by the opposition.

Romanian Opp Party Files Criminal Complaint Against House Speaker Over Allegedly Marred Vote

12:57, 21 Sept. 2010
Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party filed Tuesday criminal complaints against Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberta Anastase and lawmaker Sever Voinescu for allegedly marring a vote on the country’s pension bill.

Romanian Parliament Adopts Pension Bill

09:30, 16 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies Wednesday evening adopted with 170 to two votes and three abstentions the country’s new pension law.

Romanian Lower Chamber Committee For Labor Sets Pension Point To 45% Of Gross Average Wage

20:43, 14 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies’ Committee for labor matters on Tuesday adopted the report on the pension bill, setting the pension point’s value to 45% of the gross average wage, an amendment put forward by the opposition.

Romania’s Govt Asks IMF To Extend Pension Bill Adoption Deadline

12:19, 03 Aug. 2010
Romania’s Government asked the International Monetary Fund to extend until September 30 the deadline by which the unitary pension bill should be adopted in Parliament, after the IMF called on authorities to make sure the draft law is adopted by September 15, people close to the matter said Tuesday.

Romanian PM Says About 7,000 Military Pensions To Be Reduced Under Pension Bill

11:43, 20 Apr. 2010
Romania’s pension reform will lower the pensions of 7,250 military staff out of a total 82,000 retirees in the military system, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday during debates on the pension bill in the Senate.

Romanian Opp Party Threatens To Challenge Pension Bill Constitutionality Over Rejected Amendments

14:57, 15 Apr. 2010
Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party, in opposition, is set to challenge the pension bill at the Constitutional Court if its proposed amendments are not accepted during debates in plenary session, social democrat senator Olguta Vasilescu said Thursday.

Romania’s Leftist Opposition Pushes To Get Its Rejected Amendments Back On Pension Bill

10:19, 15 Apr. 2010
Senators of Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party, in opposition, said they would uphold in plenary all amendments to the pension bill that the Senate’s committee for labor rejected Wednesday.