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At the end of 2024, the Romanian Labour Code has been updated in order to transpose EU Directive No. 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union by Law No. 283/2024. While the main focus of the new provisions is the mechanism that will be used to establish and update the national minimum wage guaranteed for payment, the Labour Code and other relevant employment-related laws were also changed in order to guarantee that all types of workers, including those that do not have employee status, are remunerated at least at the level established for the minimum wage. The Labour Code expressly mentions in the updated version that no other salary components (such as bonuses or indemnities) can be included in the base salary, and all base salaries need to be at least at the level of the minimum wage. The provision stating that employees can be paid with the minimum salary for a maximum period of 24 months after the concluding of the individual employment agreement is still applicable even after Law No. 283/2024 was adopted.
The updated version of the Romanian Labour Code also includes a legal definition for the work relationship–a notion that includes but is not limited to the employment relationship that might have an impact on establishing which court will handle specific types of court cases that were not previously regarded as employment law cases. If this will be the case, the dedicated employment law courts will be required to handle a higher number of cases, and the period of time needed to issue the rulings might significantly increase.
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