Gap Between Gross And Net Wage Widens
The disparity between the gross and the net salary, namely the sum taken by the state from employees’ salaries, has been constantly growing in recent years, reaching RON868 in January 2017. In 2007, the difference between the gross and the net salary stood at RON314.
In January 2017, the average gross salary was at RON3,168, while the net salary stood at RON2,300, according to data provided by the statistics institute INS.
The sum taken by the state (RON868), is higher by RON554 than the sum taken by the state in the winter of 2007. In January 2007, the average gross wage stood at RON1,232, while the net wage was at RON918. (mediafax.ro)
Energy Holding CE Oltenia To Lay Off 1,000 Employees In May
The unions and the management of Romanian state-run energy holding CE Oltenia agreed on laying off 1,000 people in May on the condition of increasing employees’ bonuses in the new labor contract.
Nevertheless, people to be laid off should be close to retiring or leave the company in exchange for severance pay.
After Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea threatened to sue CE Oltenia as it did not lay off 2,000 employees in 2017, as stipulated, the company’s management and unions met on Monday to discuss the issue.(mediafax.ro)
Card Payments For Local Taxes Rose 50% To RON360M In 2016
The value of local taxes paid by card rose by nearly 50% last year, to over RON360 million, due to the doubling of online transactions and the expansion of the payment networks, according to the data reported by Visa.
Last year, taxpayers made nearly 1 million card payments for local taxes and fees.
“The value of taxes paid by card rose nearly tenfold in the last six years, due to the clear advantages of this payment method: security, comfort, rapidity. We have witnessed a spectacular growth especially in terms of online payments (…) which save time,” said Catalin Cretu, general manager Visa Europe Romania, Croatia, Malta and Slovenia.
Last year, one in three transactions for the payment of taxes by card was made online, which is remarkable given that six years ago, those payments were almost inexistent. Romanians made over 370,000 online payments in 2016, double compared with the previous year, totaling RON78 million, according to Visa data. (mediafax.ro)
PM Grindeanu: Justice Minister Gets Free Hand To Make Things Work In Justice System
Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said Monday that Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has got “free hand” to make things work in the justice system, adding that the minister will definitely make the correct decisions.
“I have full confidence in Mr. Minister. He has great experience in this field, he’s been a member of the Constitutional Court for 10 years, he is an even-minded person who will definitely make correct decisions; he’s got free hand to make things work properly in this field or fix what seems to be working improperly. I am not a specialist, it’s not my job to get to this sector. I have full confidence in Mr. Minister,” said Grindeanu, when asked about Toader’s statements on assessing the activity of DNA chief prosecutor and the general prosecutor after the decision of the Constitutional Court on emergency ordinance 13. (mediafax.ro)