11.27.2024

The gross minimum wage guaranteed in payment will rise to RON4,050 from RON3,700 per month from January 1, 2025, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced at the beginning of the government meeting on more

06.21.2024

The Government has approved the law on setting the EU adequate minimum wage. The bill will go to Romania’s Parliament next for expedited adoption, the Labor Ministry said. more

05.23.2024

The gross minimum wage will rise to RON3,700 from 1 July, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced after Thursday's meeting with the National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue. more

01.28.2022

Romania ranks among the last European Union Member States regarding the minimum wage in January 2022, data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, showed on Friday. more

09.28.2021

Romania’s Labor Ministry is proposing raising the minimum net wage to RON1,524 (EUR307.9) starting with January 1, 2022, which translates into a 10% increase (+RON138) compared to the current level, more

12.28.2020

Romania’s new government led by Prime Minister Florin Citu said it would discuss this week increasing the minimum gross wage to RON2,300 (around EUR471) in 2021, from RON2,230 (around EUR457) more

01.31.2020

German-held retailer Kaufland will raise the minimum wage to 3,650 lei (EUR764) in gross amount per month (RON2,135 in net amount) as of March 1, 2020, making it 60% higher than the minimum wage in more

12.05.2019

Romania’s Labor Ministry published on Wednesday, for purposes of public debate. a draft bill which increases the country’s monthly gross minimum income. The project increases the minimum wage with more

11.26.2019

Romania's government is considering raising the minimum wage by up to 7.2% in 2020, to RON2,230 from the current RON2,080, deputy prime minister Raluca Turcan said Tuesday. more

02.06.2019

One in four employees in Romania or more than 1.4 million people earns a minimum wage of 1,263 lei (EUR266) in net amount per month. Last year 33% of the employees or 1.8 million people were making more

10.31.2018

The minimum wage hike from 1,900 lei (EUR407) in gross amount per month to RON2,080 or RON2,350 for employees with more than 15 years length of service or who are higher education graduates will only more

10.24.2018

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said Wednesday that the country’s minimum wage will not increase starting with November, as was proposed by the Prognosis Commission, but that the rise could more

05.17.2018

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07.07.2017

The PSD (Social Democrat Party) government’s intention to raise the minimum wage by 38% as of next year (from 1,450 lei or EUR316 to 2,000 lei per month in gross amount) is seen differently by the more

05.04.2016

The rise in gross minimum wage from 1,050 lei (EUR234) to RON1,250 per month as of May 1 will boost the disposable incomes of more than 1.6 million employees by about EUR600 million a year, according more

05.02.2016

The gross minimum wage in Romania will be raised to RON1,250 from the current RON1,050 as of May 1, 2016 and the measure will benefit some 1.1 million employees in Romania. more

12.30.2015

Romania's government approved a raise in the minimum wage to RON1,250 from RON1,050 as of May 1, 2016, government spokesman Dan Suciu said Wednesday. more

12.29.2015

Romania's government has drafted a plan to raise the gross minimum wage to 1,250 lei (around EUR276) from the current RON1,050 as of May 1, 2016, following negotiations with trade unions. more

12.22.2015

The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Romania and the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce are calling for a progressive increase in the minimum wage, voicing out their concern about the more

02.26.2015

Romania continues to have the second lowest monthly minimum wage in the European Union, after Bulgaria, although it posted the fastest growth in EU, of 95%, between 2008 and 2015, Eurostat data show. more

01.29.2015

Romania will raise the gross minimum wage to 1,200 lei (EUR269) in 2016, Prime Minister Victor Ponta stated Thursday. more

12.10.2014

Romania's government on Wednesday approved a bill raising the gross minimum wage in two stages in 2015, to RON975 in January and to RON1,050 in July, from the current RON900. more

11.26.2014

Romania will raise the gross minimum wage in two stages in 2015, to RON975 in January and to RON1,050 in July, from the current RON900, according to a draft government decision drawn up by the Labor more

10.13.2014

Romania will raise the gross minimum wage to RON975 as of January 1, 2015, from the recurrent RON900, Labor Minister Rovana Plumb said Monday at the Mediafax Talks about Private Pensions conference. more

11.12.2013

Romania will get additional state budget revenue of RON344 million (EUR77.2 million) from raising the minimum wage, according to an official government document obtained by MEDIAFAX. more