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Timestamp: 2020-05-31 10:03:55
Document Index: 589764486

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 31', 'Art. 85', 'Art. 82', 'art. 83', 'Art. 82', 'art. 80', 'Art. 83', 'art. 81', 'Art. 82', 'art. 80', 'Art. 82', 'art. 80', 'Art. 82', 'Art. 83', 'Art. 81', 'Art. 80']

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Romania - Types of employment contracts
Labour Code (Law n° 53/2003 republished in the Official Gazette No. 345 of 18 May 2011
Date: 18 May 2011; view website » (view in NATLEX »)
Act No. 62 of 10 May 2011 concerning Social Dialogue.
Date: 10 May 2011 (view in NATLEX »)
Maximum probationary (trial) period (in months): 3 month(s)
Art. 31 LC:
Specific rules are applicable to certain categories of workers:
- persons with disabilities: 45 days (Law no. 448/2006);
- higher-education graduates: 6 months (Law no. 335/2013);
- Art. 85 LC establishes statutory probationary periods for employees hired under a fixed-term contract, as follows:
f) filling in an elective position within trade unions, employers' organizations or non-governmental organizations, during the mandate;
e) in other cases explicitly provided in special laws or for the development of works, projects or programmes.
Art. 82(3),(4), (5) LC:
(3) The individual fixed term employment contract can be also extended in circumstances provided in art. 83 after the initial deadline expires, with the parts written agreement during the time period of developing a project, programme or work.
Art. 82 LC (former art. 80)
% of workforce under FTC: .8 %
Source: Eurostat, for the year 2018.
Date: 20 Jan 2015; view website »
Date: Jun 2014; view website »
% of workforce under FTC: 1.1 %
Date: Mar 2011; view website »
% of workforce under FTC: 1.9 %
Arts. 12 LC, arts. 82-87 LC.(former Arts. 80-86)
Art. 83 LC(former art. 81), as amended in 2011 provides that FTC can only be concluded in the following instances:
Art. 82(3),(4), (5) LC (former art. 80(3), (4),(5)) as amended in 2011:
Art. 82 LC (former art. 80), as amended
The maximum cumulative duration of fixed-term employment contract has increased from 24 to 36 months. However this 36 month period can be extended, for the motives related to the developing of a project, programme or works, subject to the parties' written consent. (Art. 82.3 LC)
% of workforce under FTC: 1.5 %
Date: 12 Jul 2007; view website »
- maximum 30 days for operational positions;
- maximum 90 days for managerial positions.
(In addition, specific rules applies to certain categories of workers:
- persons with disabilities: maximum 30 days;
- unskilled workers: maximum 5 working days;
- higher-education graduates: maximum 6 months.)
- Art. 83 LC also establishes statutory probationary periods for employees hired under a fixed-term contract, as follows:
Arts. 12 LC, arts. 80-86 LC.
Art. 81 LC provides that FTC can only be concluded in the following instances:
b) temporary increase of the employer's activity;
e) in other cases expressly provided for in special laws or for the achievement of works, projects, programs, under the terms established in the collective work agreement concluded at national level and/or at branch level.
Art. 80(3) and (4) LC:
(3) An individual employment contract of limited duration may be extended beyond its original end date, with the written agreement of the parties, but only within the deadline provided for in Article 82 [24 months] and no more than two times consecutively.
(4) The same parties may successively conclude at most 3 individual employment contracts of limited duration, but only within the deadline provided for in Article 82 [24 months].
Arts. 80 and 82 LC:
Maximum duration of one single FTC or maximum cumulative duration of successive FTCs: 24 months.
In the case of an FTC concluded for the replacement of an employee whose individual employment contract has been suspended, the contract shall end when the reasons determining the suspension of the contract of that employee have ceased to exist.