Romania: minimum wage up to RON 700 in 2012

Planned increase.  While the measure has yet to be ratified, the announcement is official.  Sulfina Barbu, Romanian Minister of Labor, confirmed that minimum wage would go from RON 670 currently up to 700.  Unions had called for a bigger increase – RON 800 (€186) or even RON 1,000 (€232) – but they didn’t hold out much hope.
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lfina Barbu, Romanian Minister of Labor, confirmed that minimum wage would go from RON 670 currently up to 700. Unions had called for a bigger increase – RON 800 (€186) or even RON 1,000 (€232) – but they didn’t hold out much hope.

Maintain growth. Last week end, Sulfina Barbu confirmed this increase. “We decided on minimum wage amounting to RON 700 (for 169.3 hours of work) after consulting the social partners and taking account of the impact on the budget, and this is the amount the budget

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