Romania: government imposes strict controls on labour immigration

On 26 January, the Romanian government adopted an emergency ordinance tightening the rules on the recruitment of foreign workers. The measure introduces an official list of labour shortage occupations, to be updated every six months by the labour ministry, which will be used to set annual quotas for authorised entries by decree. Under the new framework, companies seeking to hire foreign workers must have been operating for at least one year in a sector covered by the shortage list, be registere