The total number of active work contracts exceeds the peak of 6,295,205 registered in November 2008.
According to the source, of the total work contracts signed this month, 193,506 (67.6%) are indefinite-term work contracts and 92,030 (32.4%) are limited-term work contracts.
After the new Labor Code took effect on May 1, Romanian authorities launched a checkup program aimed to eliminate illegal labor. Checkups are carried out by the Work Inspection, the Financial Guard, the Police and the Gendarmerie.
According to the Work Inspection, fines for illegal working stand at over 12 million lei (about EUR3 million). (EUR1=RON4.1315)