This report consists of a comparative analysis and assessment of the responses to the Foundation’s 2001 and 2005 European Working Conditions Surveys. The analysis is also supplemented with information and opinions obtained from national statistical data, along with institutions in the field of
In the first nine months of 2008, Romania’s economic growth reached unprecedented heights and the then Prime Minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, remarked with satisfaction that the economy was going at ‘full steam’. During the election campaign of October–November 2008, there was no talk of a
Romania’s recently elected government – which took office after the parliamentary elections of 30 November 2008 – is now struggling to cope with the economic developments that are markedly different from the atmosphere of optimism and generous promises that prevailed during the 2008 election
Construcţii Aeronautice SA Ghimbav (Braşov) has about 150 employee [1] s. They unanimously decided to stop work at 08.00 on 15 September , without going through the lawful stages preliminary to calling a state of a conflict of interests. [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork
Government Ordinance no. 15/2008 provided for pay rises for teaching staff in the state education system of 6% from 1 April 2008, and another 6% from 1 October 2008. However, the Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor [1]) – the lower house of parliament – passed a law (Law no. 221/2008) amending
In Europe, health and safety [1] at work policies aim to protect workers’ lives, physical, mental and social integrity and well-being against occupational accidents and diseases [2]. [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/health-and-safety [2] www
Every four years, the National Institute of Statistics (Institutul Naţional de Statistică, INS [1]) conducts a study on salary earnings in the month of October in the reference year. The latest survey, covering companies employing at least 10 workers, was published in 2008, entitled /Salary
The Romanian Commercial Bank (Banca Comercială Română, BCR [1]) is the largest banking institution in Romania. At the end of 2005, it was acquired by the Austria-based Erste Bank Group. [1] http://www.bcr.ro/
The National Institute of Statistics (Institutul Naţional de Statistică, INS [1]) carried out a survey in the second quarter of 2007 entitled ‘Accidents at work and work-related health problems’, as an annex to the Household Labour Force Survey (/Ancheta Integrată asupra Forţei de Muncă în
In December 2007, the government issued a decision setting the national minimum wage at RON 500 gross per month for the period January – June 2008, with a possible increase to RON 540, with effect from 1 July 2008, contingent on Romania’s economic growth.
The statutory national minimum wage is generally set every year by government decision. In December 2007, the government decided that, with effect from 1 January 2008, the minimum wage would rise to RON 500 (approximately €149) per month (*RO0711029I* [1]). At the same time the government decided