- Phase
- Labour Code, Law no. 53/2003, republished in the Official Gazette of Romania no 345 dated 18 May 2011
- Native name
- Codul muncii, Legea nr. 53/2003, republicată în Monitorul Oficial nr. 345 din 18 mai 2011
- Type
- Effects of non-compliance with dismissal regulations
- Added to database
- 08 May 2015
Article
Labour Code, Law no. 53/2003 [Codul muncii, Legea nr. 53/2003] - 78-80
Description
The dismissal ordered in non-compliance with the procedure stipulated by the law is considered void. Also, there are certain periods of the labour relation when dismissal is null and void:
* during the time of temporary incapacity of work, ascertained by medical certificate;
* during quarantine;
* during the period of pregnancy, as long as the employer is informed about this fact prior to issuing the decision of dismissal;
* during maternity leave;
* during childrearing and care giving leave until the child reaches the age of two or, in the case of a disabled child, until he or she turns three;
* during the care giving leave for a sick child up to the age of seven or, in the case of a disabled child, until he reaches the age of 18, due to recurrent episodes of illness;
* while on holiday;
* during maternal risk leave, as well as during the leave granted to those employees who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding. The interdiction of dismissal can be extended only once, for up to six months, from the date the employee has returned to work within the enterprise.
In the event of a labour conflict, an employer may not resort, in a court of law, to other de facto or de jure reasons than the ones stated in the dismissal decision.
If the dismissal has not been based on good grounds or has been unlawful, the court shall order its cancellation and force the employer to pay a compensation equal to the indexed, increased and updated wages and any other rights the employee would have otherwise benefited from. At the employee's request, the court having ordered the cancellation of the dismissal shall reinstate the worker in the exact position he or she had at the moment of the (void) dismissal. If such a request for reinstatement exists, the court will not have the right to express its opinion about the suitability or opportunity for reinstatement. Once the dismissal has been considered illegal and voided, the court is obliged to accept the employee’s request to be reinstated. If another person has been employed in the same position in the meantime, his or her contract will automatically be terminated.
If the employee does not request reinstatement, his or her labour agreement shall end de jure on the date when the court decision is final. This amendment, introduced in 2011, resolves the controversial issue of the juridical ground of the case where the labour contract of the employee who obtained annulment of the dismissal may end in case the employee does not want to return to his or her job.The provisions are applicable both for individual and collective dismissals.
Sources
- Labour Code, Law no. 53/2003 [Codul muncii, Legea nr. 53/2003]
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Decision of the Constitutional Court no. 814/2015 [Decizia nr. 814/2015 referitoare la admiterea excepţiei de neconstituţionalitate a dispoziţiilor art. 60 alin. (1) lit. g) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii]
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Dimitriu, R. (2016), in Blanpain, R. and Hendrickx, F. (eds.), International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relation, Wolters Kluwer
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Ius Laboris (2009), Collective Redundancies Guide, Brussels
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Labour Code, Law no. 53/2003
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Codul muncii, Legea nr. 53/2003
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Decision of the Constitutional Court no. 814/2015
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Dimitriu, R. (2016), Romania, in Blanpain, R. and Hendrickx, F. (eds.), International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relation, Wolters Kluwer
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Romania: Effects of non-compliance with dismissal regulations, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/effects-of-non-compliance-with-dismissal-regulations/romania