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About 35% Of Romanian Public Servants With Low Wages To Lose Jobs – Union Leader

21:36, 06 Mai 2010
Romanian National Union Confederation "Cartel Alfa" leader Bogdan Hossu told MEDIAFAX Thursday that about 35% of the public sector employees that have low salaries will lose their jobs if the money allotted to public sector salaries is reduced by 25%.

Bucharest Public Transport Drivers Want Wages Of RON3,000

17:05, 01 Apr. 2010
Public transport workers in Romania’s capital Bucharest, who staged a spontaneous strike Thursday, demand wages of around 3,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.1094) for all public transport drivers.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Agriculture Ministry Gives 75% Wage Raises To HR Dept Employees

14:42, 01 Apr. 2010
The Romanian Government increased by 75% the salaries of employees within the Agriculture Ministry’s human resources management department, amid pledges to slash public spending to keep economy afloat and meet the conditions imposed by foreign lenders with which the country signed loan agreements.

Romanian PM Warns “Heads Will Roll” If Local Public Workers Delay Wage Payments

16:07, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said “heads will roll” in local labor and fiscal administration departments if wages are stalled because managers are too incompetent or lenient to open credit lines and prefer to tell people the government has no money because of thee crisis.

Romanian PM Says Teachers To Get Raises Of Just 17%

15:27, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said the Government maintains its decision to only raise teachers’ wages by 17% this year, under current legislation, because the country cannot afford to sacrifice its economic stability.

Romanian Teachers Threaten To Freeze School Year Over Wages, Job Cuts

16:01, 10 Mart. 2010
Unions in Romania’s education system are determined to carry on with protests and could even freeze the school year and boycott national exams unless the Government finds ways to hike their wages and pay severance to staff that will be laid off later this year.

Romanian Subway Unionists Threaten To Resume Strikes Over Collective Work Contract, Wages

11:52, 05 Feb. 2010
Unionists with Romanian state-owned subway company Metrorex have threatened to call work conflict within a week unless management starts negotiations for a new collective work contract and raises wages by 3.7%.

World Bank Proposes Romanian Public Wage System Which Could Freeze Certain Salaries

19:36, 03 Feb. 2010
The World Bank proposed to the Romanian Government a simplified public wage system, under which jobs would be classified into around 10 occupational groups and 1,000 positions, but warned that these changes could indefinitely freeze salary increases for jobs which are downgraded in value.

Romania Cannot Raise Public Sector Wages – Fin Min

11:04, 02 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu held back any comment on the decision of public administration employees to cease work for two hours Tuesday morning disgruntled by wage cuts and planned layoffs, but highlighted the Government cannot raise salaries this year.

Romania’s President Regrets Having Promulgated Law On 50% Wage Increase For Teachers

23:22, 14 Nov. 2009
Romania's President Traian Basescu said Saturday during a debate held in Cluj-Napoca, northwestern Romania, he regrets having upheld the law on a 50% wage increase for teachers, adding he promulgated the law without having knowledge of the real state of the budget.

Romanian Subway Employees Held Two-Hour Warning Strike Thursday

10:43, 12 Nov. 2009
Romanian subway employees were on a two-hour warning strike Thursday morning, displeased with the Government’s decision not to increase their wages, and threaten to go on general strike on November 17.

Govt To Approve Subway Company Metrorex’s Budget Wednesday – Romanian Transport Min

15:44, 11 Nov. 2009
Romania's Government will approve Wednesday the revenue and expenses budget for 2009 of state-owned subway company Metrorex, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Wednesday.

Romanian Subway Unionists To Call Gen Strike As Of Nov 16 If Wage Talks Fail

14:54, 09 Nov. 2009
Employees of Romania’s state-owned subway company Metrorex will go on general strike indefinitely as of November 16 if negotiations with management on wage raises fail, union leader Ion Radoi said Monday.

Romania Can Pay Pensions, Wages Without IMF Loan – Liberal

16:56, 07 Nov. 2009
Romanian liberal leader and former health minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Saturday Romania can afford to pay public sector wages and pensions even without the IMF’s bailout money and controversies on this issue are cynical and immoral.

Public Sector Employees, Pensioners Might Get Less Money Until Romania Is Set On Track

14:50, 30 Oct. 2009
Romanian democrat liberal leader Theodor Stolojan said Friday on Realitatea FM radio that retirees and employees in the public sector might receive reduced pensions and wages due to the current political context and taking into account the country’s relation with the International Monetary Fund.

Romanian Subway Unionists’ Request For 26% Wage Raise Is Exaggerated – Transport Min

15:48, 29 Oct. 2009
Romania's acting Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Thursday subway workers' claim for a 26% pay rase is exaggerated and talks regarding a possible wage increase will take place at the beginning of 2010, after the company’s budget is approved.

Hundreds Of Romanian Subway Workers March Up To Fin Ministry In Protest Over Wages

12:26, 29 Oct. 2009
About 700 employees of Romania’s state-owned subway company Metrorex have gathered outside the Transport Ministry in Bucharest and will march up to the Finance Ministry protesting the management’s refusal to negotiate their wages.

Romania’s Transport Min Has Money To Pay Railway Employees’ Wages For 2009

13:12, 06 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Transport Ministry has the money it needs to pay the railway employees' wages for 2009, deputy secretary of state within the Transport Ministry Constantin Axinia said Tuesday.

Wages, Pensions, Social Rights Not At Risk In ’09 And Next Yr – Romanian PM

14:31, 05 Oct. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday, after talks with public sector unionists at the Labor Ministry, that the Government has the money to pay pensions, wages and social indemnities this year and the next.

Romanian Ministers Won’t Get Extra Pay For Interim Seats – PM

11:46, 02 Oct. 2009
Romania’s democrat liberal ministers, who have taken over interim seats in ministries left vacant by socials democrats who quit Thursday, will not get any extra pay, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday.

Romanian Carmaker Dacia Grants RON110 Wage Hike, RON400 Bonus To Its Staff

19:26, 29 Sept. 2009
The employers of Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia will be granted a wage hike of 110 lei (EUR1=RON4.1851) and an average bonus of RON400 as of September 1, the company owned by French group Renault said Tuesday.

Romanian Employers Agree With Minimum Wage Hike If Other Wages Freeze

20:25, 28 Sept. 2009
Romanian employers’ associations agreed with an increase in the minimum wage provided all other wages freeze until Romania manages to overcome the economic crisis, while unionists requested that talks on this core issue should consider Romania's salary policy.

Romanian Public Sector Staff Given Choice Between Cash Or Card At Wage Collection

15:49, 23 Sept. 2009
Romanian public sector employees will have the possibility to choose between receiving their wages on a bank card or cash, based on a draft law approved Wednesday by the Government and sent to Parliament with urgency.

Railway Unionists Call For Romanian Transp Min Resignation

16:58, 22 Sept. 2009
Railway unionists threaten to go on strike and are asking for the resignation of Romanian Transport Minister Radu Berceanu, subsecretary of state Constantin Axinia and of the heads of railway units over the situation and the lack of strategies in the sector.

Romania Has Enough Funds To Pay Wages, Pensions – Fin Min

20:36, 21 Sept. 2009
Romania has enough resources to pay pensions and salaries in the public sector, despite the economic crisis, Finance Minister Gheorghe Pogea said Monday.

Govt Can Pay Wages, Pensions Without Delays By End ’09 – Romanian PM

18:44, 19 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Government can pay wages, pensions and social aid until the end of the year without delays, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday on Realitatea TV channel.

Romanian Senate Adopted Tacitly Pension, Wage Amassment Law

13:57, 16 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Senate on Wednesday tacitly adopted a draft law that prohibits the amassment of pensions and wages for retirees who took new jobs in the public sector and their pensions top gross average wage.

Romanian Magistrates Gross Wages Will Not Decrease – PM

19:13, 15 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday in Parliament that the gross salaries of magistrates will not be reduced under the unitary wage law for the public sector, but the judges and prosecutors will not be eligible for the same types of salary hikes applied to teaches and doctors until 2015.

Romanian PM Rejects Amendment Hiking Wages For Public Servants Within Parliament

18:37, 13 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Sunday rejected the lawmakers’ amendment to the unitary pay law, which stipulated an increase in wage quotients for several public servants within the Parliament, after the Government accepted it earlier Sunday for further debates, government sources said Sunday.

Romanian Govt Stands By Decision To Take Responsibility Despite Unions’ Protest Plans

09:49, 11 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Government maintains its decision to take responsibility for three draft laws before Parliament by the set deadline, to avoid breaching the agreement with the International Monetary Fund and thus losing IMF funds, Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Thursday on public television.

Most Public Sector Wages To Freeze In 2010 – Romanian Fin Min

21:13, 10 Sept. 2009
Romanian finance minister Gheorghe Pogea said Thursday salaries for most public sector employees will freeze in 2010 and will be increased in 2011, while the average growth of the public sector wages will reach 56%.

Romanian Public Sector Employees On General Strike On Oct 5

13:18, 10 Sept. 2009
Romanian public sector employees will picket the Parliament on September 15, call general strike on October 5 and will then refuse to be involved in the presidential elections due on November 22, displeased with the draft law regulating wages in the public sector.

Romanian Ambulance Services To Protest Countrywide Wednesday Over Unitary Pay Law

14:59, 05 Sept. 2009
Romanian ambulance services across the country will trigger nationwide protests Wednesday morning, as unionists are displeased with how the draft law regulating wages across the public sector was negotiated, the Executive Office of the National Ambulance Union Federation said Saturday.

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Law Packs In Three Stages

15:15, 31 Aug. 2009
Romanian interior minister and deputy prime minister Dan Nica said Monday the government will take responsibility in Parliament, in three stages, for three law packs: economic measures, the unitary wage law and the education laws.

Romanian Railroad Unions Want 24 Compensatory Wages

18:00, 27 Aug. 2009
Romanian railroad unions agree with layoffs only if they are made in 2010 and the employees affected by the job scrap receive 24 compensatory wages, locomotive mechanics union leader Iulian Mantescu said Thursday after the meeting with the freight division of the national railroad company.

Romania’s Public Sector To Scrap 326,000 Jobs By 2015 – Fin Min

14:27, 25 Aug. 2009
Romania’s public sector will scrap 326,000 jobs and will have 1.068 million employees from the current 1.394 million by 2015, the deadline for the enforcement of the unitary pay law, finance minister Gheorghe Pogea said Tuesday.

Public Sector Low Wages To Go Up Until 2015, High Wages To Freeze – Romanian PM

12:27, 25 Aug. 2009
The unitary pay law for the public sector enables the accelerated increase of low wages until 2015 and triggers the freezing of high salaries for a certain period, until the difference between the minimum and the maximum pay will be reduced, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Laws On Wages, Education, Restructuring On Sept 2

13:15, 10 Aug. 2009
The Romanian government will take responsibility in Parliament, on Sept 2, for the unitary pay law in the budget sector, the law restructuring government agencies, and the laws on pension-wage cumulus and on education, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday after the meeting of the ruling coalition.

IMF, Romanian Govt Talk On Freezing Wages, Pensions, Laying Off 10% Of Public Servants

19:28, 08 Aug. 2009
The IMF is negotiating with the Romanian Government the layoff of 100,000-150,000 state employees until the middle of next year, freezing pensions in 2009 and 2010 except the minimum social ones and wages, until the unitary pay law produces its effects, government sources told MEDIAFAX.

IMF Proposed Later Adoption Of Romania’s Public Sector Unitary Pay Law – Unions

13:25, 04 Aug. 2009
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday proposed, in a meeting with Romanian unions, that the government should push back the adoption of the single unitary pay law for the public sector to allow for a through assessment of the future pay system.