
Can Employees Be Required To Report For Work If A Colleague Of Theirs Tested Positive For COVID-19 Virus?
CLUJ-NAPOCA, 16th November 2020: The ‘Employer’s Guide on Managing Your Workplace During COVID-19 pandemic’ was recently drafted on the basis of the resources, guidelines and directives published by the World Health Organization (WHO), Governments, and Employers and Employers’ Organisations (EOs), published by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). The guide has been developed […]

COVID-19 Vaccination – Strategy And Steps
The COVID-19 vaccination started in Romania a few days ago and the first beneficiaries are the voluntary medical personnel. The task of organising the vaccination was entrusted to the Government of Romania which by Decision no. 1031 of 27th November 2020 (published in the Official Gazette no. 1171 of 03rd December 2020, Part I) issued […]

Work From Home And Telework Under The Current Legal Regulation And Its Imperfections
Călin Haiduc, Associate at Iordăchescu & Associates Given the effects of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, more and more employers have had to adopt measures to make employment more flexible, thus supporting social distancing. Amongst the measures recommended by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection are the temporary changes to working arrangements, […]

Challenge of fines for non-compliance with movement restrictions
Cristian Roman, Partner at Iordăchescu & Associates Starting with the establishment of the state of emergency by the Decree no. 195/2020, several movement restrictions were imposed in Romania by various military ordinances. The measures established by the Military Ordinance no. 3/2020 are currently in force. According to the provisions of article 1, the movement of […]

Restructuring the budget obligations of big debtors during a pandemic and other tax crisis measures
I. Context: the tax respite of 2019 Considerint the low collection rate of budget receivables through the two usual ways available to the State – forced execution and insolvency proceedings – on 8 August 2019, the Government Ordinance no. 6/2019 regarding the establishment of tax facilities entered into force. With the primary purpose of ensuring […]

How to obtain the emergency certificate in the context of the pandemic caused by the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus
By the Emergency Ordinances no. 29/2020 and no. 30/2020 the Romanian Government issueda series of measures in an attempt to come to the aid of economic operators whose activity has been affected by the adoption of measures to contain the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus, but most of these steps have been subjected to the […]