Adopted two years ago to make recruitment more flexible, the Romanian Labor Code was severely criticized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in a study released on October 10 in Bucharest. The document notably urges the government to amend its social legislation, stating that the reforms implemented in 2011 were “detrimental to social partnership, collective bargaining and the quality of employment.” (Ref. 130615)
The removal of sectoral collective agreements, priority given to fixed-term recruitment, or even the extension of trial and notice periods planned in the latest Labor Code reform (see articles No. 110301 and 110202) aren’t conducive to balanced relations between employers and employees, the study notes. Key consequence denounced by the ILO: the drop in union membership, which make it hard for union organizations to have the representativeness level they need to negotiate at national level. O
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