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Factsheet for measure RO-2002-3/2576 – measures in Romania
Country | Romania , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 16 January 2002 |
Context | Restructuring Support Instruments |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Reorientation of business activities
– Transfer or redeployment of workers |
Author | Nicoleta Voicu (Association Center for Public Innovation) |
Measure added | 23 June 2022 (updated 17 November 2022) |
Public employment agencies are providers of pre-redundancy counselling services. The unemployment benefit budget provides financial support.
Law no. 76/2002 on unemployment regulates the provision of pre-redundancy counselling services. Articles 51 and 52 of Law 76/2002 set the eligibility criteria. According to existing legislation, the employer has the obligation to inform the local employment service at least 30 days before notifying workers that they are to be made redundant. This provides an opportunity to avoid or minimise the effects of the dismissals at a local level.
The same law sets the Consultancy and assistance for grassroot entrepreneurial or business initiatives .
This pre-redundancy counselling service involves the following:
This instrument is available to employees who are to be made redundant, and to every person who is at risk of losing their job and requests this service. Although the law does not explicitly stipulate which category of employees is 'at risk of becoming unemployed', it is considered in principle that they are employees who received notice or are targeted for future restructuring.
The employees have free access to public employment services before the dismissal takes place.
According to the National Agency for Employment Activity Reports for the period 2015-2018, 14,365 people benefited from pre-redundancy services. The lack of employment opportunities at local level might reduce significantly the effectiveness of this instrument.
According to the National Agency for Employment Activity Report for 2019, 3,447 people benefited from pre-redundancy services. Of these, 2,801 persons were trained on how to look for a job, 537 were directed to various measures to stimulate employment, and 1,691 were oriented to job vacancies.
According to the National Agency for Employment Activity Report for 2020, 1,989 people benefited from pre-redundancy services. Of these, 1,661 persons were trained on how to look for a job, 522 were directed to various measures to stimulate employment, and 1,115 were oriented to job vacancies.
According to the National Agency for Employment Activity Report for 2021, 3,162 people benefited from pre-redundancy services. Of these, 2,943 persons were trained on how to look for a job, 59 were directed to various measures to stimulate employment, and 2,135 were oriented to job vacancies.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Employees in standard employment
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Applies to all businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
Public employment service |
National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Unknown | Unknown |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
Unknown
Unknown
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Pre-redundancy counselling services, measure RO-2002-3/2576 (measures in Romania), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/RO-2002-3_2576.html
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