Smartree: Number Of Temporary Employment Contracts Rose In 1H/2016
The number of temporary employment contracts rose in the first half of 2016, mainly on the segment of specialists, considering that, as the economy is growing more and dynamic, both companies and employees are becoming aware of the multiple benefits of this type of contract, according to Smartree.
“The market context for this trend is favourable from both perspectives. Employers need to boost staff numbers during peak periods, be it production, sales, transport, and also to substitute some key employees who decide to go on maternity leave. Potential employees – from students to skilled and unskilled workers, as well as a growing number of specialists – understood that this type of contract can be advantageous for them and chose to take advantage of the flexibility it offers,” said Adrian Stanciu, CEO of Smartree, provider of outsourcing payroll and personnel administration.
The temporary employment market targets the recruitment of both specialists and unskilled workers. Furthermore, the market is in full process of maturing and developing and the top ten players confirm this trend, reporting increases mainly on the segment of highly skilled employees– engineers, specialists in the IT and financial sectors, as well as professionals in the construction sector.(Adevarul)
Health Ministry Regulates Hygiene Norms In Romanian Hospitals
The Health Ministry issued an order which regulates the hygiene norms in Romanian hospitals.
Order 961/2016, approved and published in the Official Journal, is only one of a normative package the ministry plans to use in its fight against nosocomial infections.
The order changes a syntagma: they are no longer called nosocomial infections, but „healthcare-associated infections.” (Evenimentul Zilei)
Finance Minister To Publish New Version Of Tax Code
Romania’s Finance Minister Anca Dragu will soon publish a new version amending the Tax Code which raises taxes on income obtained from sources other than salary.
The new version brings major changes to nearly 200 of the 500 articles of the Tax Code. One of the most important provisions targets social security contributions which are supposed to be paid only by employees, not by employers. Such a move would lead to a major reduction of an employee’s net salary.
Thus, social security contributions are supposed to reach 21.7% of the gross wage and health insurance contributions would rise from 5.5% to 8.9%.
Fiscal Council head Ionut Dumitru said that, regardless of the changes brought to these contributions, employers’ total costs would have remained unchanged. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Minister: RADET Must Pay Its Debt To ELCEN
Energy Minister Victor Grigorescu said heating distributor RADET has a debt to state-run electricity and thermal power producer Electrocentrale Bucuresti (ELCEN) that it must pay.
Grigorescu said that if RADET fails to pay the debt ELCEN will go into payment default and will not be able to deliver heat and hot water toward RADET.
Grigorescu said “ELCEN will not stop hot water deliveries in Bucharest, but RADET can throw ELCEN into bankruptcy and thus lead to a catastrophe.” (Puterea)
Dragos Tudorache Sworn In As Interior Minister
Dragos Tudorache was sworn in as Romania’s new Interior minister Wednesday, at the Presidential Palace.
President Klaus Iohannis told Tudorache that he would take over one of the government’s most important ministries, during a tough period, but which offers a very good chance to consolidate the ministry that went through a series of changes.
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos nominated the head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Dragos Tudorache, for minister of interior, after Petre Toba submitted his resignation on September 1.
Tudorache graduated from the Law Faculty of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi in 1997 and holds a Master’s Degree in EU Law, Cum Laude, awarded by the Stockholm University, in 1999, and another Master’s Degree in EU Law from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. (Puterea)