Social Protection
No intention to eliminate early retirement, increase minimum contribution time
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MMPS) announced on Monday evening that there is no intention to eliminate early retirement or to increase the minimum contribution time to 35 years. MMPS clarifications come after information in the public space alleged government's intention to increase the minimum contribution time and to repeal early retirement.
German authorities to ramp up controls of German employers hiring Romanian workers
German authorities will step up checks of German employers hiring Romanian workers and increase penalties for employers' offences, German Labour and Social Affairs Minister Hubertus Heil and his Romanian counterpart Violeta Alexandru said on Thursday in a joint statement at the end of a videoconference they had during the day.
Over 1.04 mln employment contracts suspended since entry into force of state of emergency
A number of 1,046,527 individual employment contracts have been suspended since the entry into force of the state of emergency (March 16) so far, according to figures from the Labor Inspection published Monday by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (MMPS).