The Government examined the bill to amend the Labor Code proposed by a group of MPs. The authors of the legislative proposal suggested amending the paragraph that regulates the provision of annual leave so that the employees could ask to divide the leave into shorter periods, for example of five, seven and ten days, not necessarily of 14 days, as it is at present. Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection Viorica Dumbrăveanu said the bill does not contain relevant arguments for making such changes, IPN reports.
According to the minister, the current provisions of the Labor Code stipulate that the right to annual leave is guaranteed for all salary earners. Based on the written application of the employee, the leave can be divided into parts, one of which will be of 14 days.
“All the amendments to the Labor Code should be discussed with the social partners so as to ensure the rights of salary earners and of employers, as it was done when the Labor Code was adopted,” stated Viorica Dumbrăveanu.
