Romanian Lawmakers Submit Unitary Pay Law Amendments To Govt

Romanian lawmakers submitted these amendments to the Government to be further discussed and included in the draft law regulating wages in the public sector.

The amendments target, among others, to increase wage quotients for senators and deputies to the equivalent of 11 minimum wages (compared to the current 9.9 wages), increase the wage quotient for management positions in Parliament and calculate it in ratio with professional ranking, so that the maximum quotient for parliamentary advisers will equal 6.50 wages, while that for a high school graduate public servant will equal 4.25 wages, according to an official document.

The current form of the draft unitary pay law stipulates that the maximum wage quotient for an adviser within a dignitary's cabinet equals 4.30 minimum wages.

Other amendments target to eliminate the expression "in exceptional cases," on filling vacancies by cumulating positions, introduce two bonuses and management indemnities in the basic salary, as of January 1, 2010, and pay overtime in 2010, along with monthly bonuses of 2% of wage costs.

The draft law currently stipulates that, in exceptional cases, vacancies and temporary vacancies can also be filled by cumulating positions and staff hired through contest or exam, while observing the legal provisions on cumulating positions and filling vacancies.

The amendments also target to extend and increase indemnities to 40% of the basic salary, from the current 20%, for skilled teachers in rural areas, to grant the 15% bonus of the basic salary, stipulated only for visually impaired people with I degree of disability, as well as for visually impaired people with severe disability, extend financial aid in case of death, from the social security budget, for education employees and auxiliary staff in the sector, based on the stipulation that the value of the financial aid equals five gross wages of the deceased, to eliminate permanent bonuses that are not stipulated in annexes and were not included in salary, and to eliminate any special bonuses from own non-abrogated regulations.

On September 9, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said the Government will hold a meeting Sunday, September 13, to discuss the amendments proposed to the laws for which the it plans to take responsibility in Parliament.

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