06.03.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday proposed democrat liberal MP Sulfina Barbu as labor minister and an official announcement is expected in the afternoon, said people familiar with the matter. more

06.02.2011

More than half of the companies responsible for the most of the new employment contracts in the two weeks since the new Labor Code came into effect (May 2) are temporary work agencies, according to more

05.27.2011

The number of new labor contracts signed in Romanian between May 1 and May 26 hit 285,886, bringing the total to 6,298,877, the Work Inspection said Friday. more

05.20.2011

Romanian acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Friday that 228,820 new work contracts have been signed this month and a record number of contracts would be reached in about ten days. more

05.18.2011

The new Labor Code led to the sealing of nearly 200,000 new employment contracts in two weeks' time, says the Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc. However, it is not known which companies hired or how more

05.17.2011

Employers will not be able to make up projects in order to turn permanent employment contracts into fixed-term contracts and the publicity around Labor Code modification has had dramatic touches, more

05.17.2011

Informal employment for seasonal activities will not dwindle after the law on day laborers came into effect early this month with the new Labor Code, which has gone almost unnoticed. more

05.15.2011

The Romanian Government must extend the period over which overtime can be rewarded with paid time off to 90 days, from 60 days as stated in the country’s recently adopted labor laws, says the more

05.10.2011

Over 117,000 individual work contracts were signed in Romania between May 2 and May 9, after authorities started checkups aimed to eliminate illegal jobs, the Work Inspection said in a press release more

05.05.2011

Ten European Union member states will retain some labor restrictions for Romanian and Bulgarian workers, four years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU. more

05.04.2011

Romanian and Bulgarian workers’ access to the Swiss labor market will continue to be restricted until at least 2014, after the country’s Federal Council confirmed Wednesday the extension of a more

05.02.2011

Romania’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party will nominate a new labor minister after its May 14 congress to elect a new leader, party vice-president Gheorghe Flutur said Monday. more

05.01.2011

Romania’s new Labor Code, pushed through the Parliament through a vote of confidence early March, takes effect Sunday and employers risk prison sentences for using illegal labor. more

04.30.2011

About 20,000 tourists are spending the May 1 weekend, which marks the opening of the summer season, on the Romanian Black Sea coast, according to estimations of the country’s tour operators’ more

04.26.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, recently appointed acting labor minister, Tuesday said the country’s new labor legislation sets harsher punishments for illegal work. more

04.26.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, recently appointed interim labor minister, Tuesday said he will sign the norms for the application of the law regulating day labor on Friday. more

04.22.2011

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday said a new labor minister will be appointed after the Easter holiday, following talks within the ruling Democratic Liberal Party. more

04.20.2011

Romanian Labor Ministry state secretary Nicolae Ivaschescu was appointed interim minister after Labor Minister Ioan Botis resigned, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday. more

04.19.2011

The Romanian Antifraud Department (DLAF) believes "there are indications of breaches of national and community law on the conflict of interest" in the case of a project run by an NGO where more

04.01.2011

Romania's new Labor Code was published Thursday in the Official Journal and will enter force on April 30. more