state employees

Romania will continue to reduce the number of public sector employees, “especially in public administration,” President Traian Basescu said Thursday on public television.

Romanian state workers won’t get incentives, meal, gift or vacation vouchers next year either and overtime will be rewarded with days off instead of extra pay, according to the unitary wage bill obtained by MEDIAFAX.

Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday adopted a government emergency decree regarding the payment of bonuses and incentives in the public sector.

Romania’s Government pledged to lay off 74,000 state employees by the end of 2010 and at least 15,000 more in 2011, according to a letter of intent on the stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund, obtained by MEDIAFAX.

Romanian state employees will see their income reduced by about 32% starting July 1, after the 25% salary cut and the 5% VAT hike are applied, Cartel Alfa union leader Bogdan Hossu said Wednesday.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday evening on B1 TV the extra 13th monthly salary per year for 2009 will be granted to public sector employees until April 2010, depending on budget loans approved by the Finance Ministry, but stressed this salary will no longer be paid in 2011 for 2010.