Romania - Government publishes wage law for budgetary sector - May 31, 2026

The Labour Ministry has published for debate the Wage Law for the budgetary sector. The bill, already criticised by the trade unions in health and police, aims to set the income policies in the budgetary sector on more transparent and fair grounds, eliminating more than half of the bonuses added over time for various categories of employees. Two major unions in the police and health sectors announced that they do not agree with the legislative changes and are threatening to file complaints in Brussels. The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) also harshly criticised the draft law, claiming that its provisions “will definitively undermine the functioning of justice”

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