Speaking after the meeting, Pro Lex union leader Vasile Lincu said police unionists and ministry officials found common ground on several measures to prevent 1,300 police employees from being laid off.
According to Lincu, police employees may retire at request and will be granted severance pay for three years. Police academy graduates over the past ten years who failed to return education fees might have to resign, said Lincu, adding self-suspension for two to three years will also be possible in some cases.
Interior Minister Traian Igas said Wednesday Interior Ministry employees included in the institution’s layoff plan will not receive severance pay as the country’s economic situation does not allow for such a measure.
Igas said ministry employees to be laid off this year will receive the same social aid as any other employee made redundant and will benefit from professional reconversion programs. He said 10,000 ministry employees will be laid off in the next two months, including employees of the institution’s central apparatus.