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Latest News from NNDKP in the Labour Law Field

The Government Emergency Ordinance no. 41/02.04.2020 on the amendment and completion of Law no. 19/2020 on granting some days off to parents in order to supervise their children in case of temporary closing of educational establishments was published within the Official Gazette no. 282, dated 3 April 2020. This normative act provides that the days off may be granted also during the school holidays to one of the parents, in order to supervise their children, in case of temporary closing of educational establishments (and of ante-preschool educational establishments), following the state of emergency decreed according to the law.

Law no. 37/02.04.2020 regarding, among others, the completion of the provisions of Art. 139 of the Labour Code was published within the Official Gazette no. 280, dated 3 April 2020. The law specifies that for employees of legally-recognised Christian religious cults, the days off corresponding to the religious holidays of Good Friday (last Friday before Easter), the first and the second day of Easter and the first and the second day of Pentecost are granted in accordance with the date when these religious holidays are celebrated by that cult. In case employees benefited from the days off corresponding to the religious holidays mentioned above, on the days established for the legally-recognised Christian religious cult (to which they belong), as well as for another Christian religious cult, they will recover the additional days off according to a program established by the employer.

Law no. 24/20.03.2020 on the amendment of Art. 14 of the Law no. 165/2018 on granting value tickets was published within the Official Gazette no. 229, dated 20 March 2020. The maximum nominal value provided by law for a meal ticket increases from RON 15.18 to RON 20 (approximately from EUR 3.18 to EUR 4.14).

Note: The Government Emergency Ordinance entered into force on the day when it was published within the Official Gazette, while the Law regarding legal holidays entered into force three days  after its publication within the Official Gazette. The law regarding meal tickets entered into force on 1 April 2020.

The Government Emergency Ordinance no. 41/02.04.2020 on the amendment and completion of Law no. 19/2020 on granting some days off to parents in order to supervise their children in case of temporary closing of educational establishments was published within the Official Gazette no. 282, dated 3 April 2020. This normative act provides that the days off may be granted also during the school holidays to one of the parents, in order to supervise their children, in case of temporary closing of educational establishments (and of ante-preschool educational establishments), following the state of emergency decreed according to the law.

Law no. 37/02.04.2020 regarding, among others, the completion of the provisions of Art. 139 of the Labour Code was published within the Official Gazette no. 280, dated 3 April 2020. The law specifies that for employees of legally-recognised Christian religious cults, the days off corresponding to the religious holidays of Good Friday (last Friday before Easter), the first and the second day of Easter and the first and the second day of Pentecost are granted in accordance with the date when these religious holidays are celebrated by that cult. In case employees benefited from the days off corresponding to the religious holidays mentioned above, on the days established for the legally-recognised Christian religious cult (to which they belong), as well as for another Christian religious cult, they will recover the additional days off according to a program established by the employer.

Law no. 24/20.03.2020 on the amendment of Art. 14 of the Law no. 165/2018 on granting value tickets was published within the Official Gazette no. 229, dated 20 March 2020. The maximum nominal value provided by law for a meal ticket increases from RON 15.18 to RON 20 (approximately from EUR 3.18 to EUR 4.14).

Note: The Government Emergency Ordinance entered into force on the day when it was published within the Official Gazette, while the Law regarding legal holidays entered into force three days  after its publication within the Official Gazette. The law regarding meal tickets entered into force on 1 April 2020.