A new bill amending the current labor law has reached the Chamber of Deputies, which will analyze it, after the Senate voted in favor of it. The amendment was introduced by the local unions, which gathered more than 130,000 signatures on this issue.

According to the new bill, employees that have been selected through competition will not have to go through a probation period anymore. Individual performance goals and evaluation criteria can be set only through collective bargaining. The new legislative proposal also removes the lack of performance from collective layoffs.

Representatives of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Romania (CCIFER) said that the new bill would introduce a regulatory framework even more rigid than in 2011, when the Labor Code was changed. The measures would affect the companies’ ability to offer a “quality service, adapted to the market’s needs”.

However, some of the new measures are in favor of employers. Part time employees will have fewer days off, and employees in sectors such as medical services or surveying services will be able to carry out more overtime.

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