New amendments and supplements to Labour Code have been approved

The Cabinet of Ministers approved, during the last meeting, the draft law for amending and supplementing the Labour Code of the Republic of Moldova. Coordinated with the social partners, the document aims the adjustment of the national legislation to the European practice in field of labor relations and is part of the National Action Plan for the implementation of the Association Agreement EU-Moldova in 2014-2016.

The new proposed amendments establish a number of additional obligations for the employers. Thus, they undertake to provide the employees, before hiring, the information concerning the normal duration of a day and of the week of work, period of notice to be respected by the employer and employee in case of cessation of activity, as well as to respect the principle of non-discrimination for the employees employed on fixed term.

Also, the amendments impose the employer to indicate in the individual contract for fixed-term the legal grounds and, where applicable, the reasons that conditioned actually limiting the duration of the contract or its extension period.

In addition to the collective bargaining agreement and internal regulations, the employer must familiarize the employees during employment with the collective agreements that are applicable to them.

Another provision refers to informing employees about any change or addition to the collective bargaining agreement within five working days from the date of operation.

Also, hired employees for a specific period will be informed about the possibility of acceding to permanent positions, and the information on the availability of vacancies will be made public and accessible to every employee of the institution.

If the employee is transferred to another permanent work with less salary in the same unit or in another locality, with the unit, his average salary is maintained from the previous job for one month from the day of transfer.

The new amendments to the Labour Code will enter into force after their adoption by Parliament.

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