Romania: emergency ordinance to reform sick leaves and toughen controls

Home monitoring. With this strong reform of sick leave, which will come into force in May, the Romanian government has opened the hunting season against sick people. Health Minister Cseke Attila presented it in detail. The key measure is a drastic cut into the duration of the leave, from 45 to 30 days. However, even more important, the government wants to implement a much stronger monitoring policy. “With actions like these, we hope abuses will stop” representatives from the Health Department explained.
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he key measure is a drastic cut into the duration of the leave, from 45 to 30 days. However, even more important, the government wants to implement a much stronger monitoring policy. “With actions like these, we hope abuses will stop” representatives from the Health Department explained.

From now on, employees on a sick leave can be visited at home, at the request of the employer (who pays for the first five days of sick leave), or at the request of the insurance fund (which starts paying on the

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