Romania: the list of new sectors still has not been defined

Legal void.  Six months after the new Romanian Social Code came into force in July, the sectors planned in the text still haven’t been defined, to the great displeasure of union and employers’ representatives.  Last September already, unions sent an open letter to the then Prime Minister, Sebastian Lazaroiu, denouncing this legal “void.”  Since then, negotiations have started with the new Minister Sulfina Barbu, but they are not over.
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the sectors planned in the text still haven’t been defined, to the great displeasure of union and employers’ representatives. Last September already, unions sent an open letter to the then Prime Minister, Sebastian Lazaroiu, denouncing this legal “void.” Since then, negotiations have started with the new Minister Sulfina Barbu, but they are not over.

And yet, these sectors are crucial to the new wage bargaining system, since collective agreements are now going to be negotiated at this level.

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