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Romanian employers are forbidden to sack employees in the first six months after they return from parental leave, according to an emergency ordinance on new parental leave and child-rearing benefit measures to be implemented starting next year.

Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu sacked education minister Cristian Adomnitei Tuesday amid a public sector wage scandal after lawmakers passed a law increasing teachers’ wages by 50%.

Romania’s European lawmaker, Adrian Severin, member of the Social Democratic Party, on Tuesday demanded the resignation of EC spokesperson Mark Gray, should he be found fully responsible for his statements on the Romanian procedure to appoint chief prosecutors.