pension law

Romanian General Prosecutor: Lower House Speaker Will Not Be Criminally Investigated

19:20, 18 Iul. 2011
The Romanian General Prosecutor's Office has decided not to start a criminal investigation of Roberta Anastase, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, and Sever Voinescu, house secretary, arguing that no crime was committed in relation to the lack of quorum in the vote on the Pension Law.

Romanian President Passes Public Pension Law

20:47, 15 Dec. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday signed the bill on the unitary public pension system into law.

Romanian Constitutional Court Clears Reexamined Pension Law

12:53, 15 Dec. 2010
Romania’s Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled the pension law reexamined and adopted by the Parliament at the president’s request is constitutional, rejecting opposition liberals’ claims.

Romanian Senate Standing Bureau Denies Emergency Procedure For Pension Reform

12:17, 12 Oct. 2010
Romania’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party asked the Senate’s standing bureau Tuesday to approve an urgency procedure for the reexamination of the pension bill, but the opposition-dominated bureau rejected the request.

Romanian Constitutional Court Clears Pension Bill

12:47, 06 Oct. 2010
The Romanian Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled constitutional the country’s unitary pension bill.

Romanian Chamber Of Deputies Might Retake Vote On Pension Law, After Opposition Complaints

15:14, 20 Sept. 2010
The Standing Bureau of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies decided Monday to hold the vote on the unitary public pension system again, if the plenum approves, social democrat deputy group leader Mircea Dusa said.

Romanian Opposition To Challenge Pension Law At Constitutional Court

13:02, 16 Sept. 2010
Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party is looking at ways to challenge the IMF-required pension law, adopted by lawmakers Wednesday, at the Constitutional Court, party leader Victor Ponta said Thursday.

Romanian Deputies Decide Freelancers Must Pay Pension Insurance Contributions

20:27, 15 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies Wednesday adopted an amendment to the pension bill whereby people who gain income from freelance activities, other than salary income, must pay contributions to the public pension system.

Romanian Deputies Include Military Staff, Police Officers In Unitary Pension System

19:32, 15 Sept. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies Wednesday decided to include military staff, police officers and public servants with special status, who work in penitentiary administration, national defense, public order and national safety, in the unitary pension system.

Romanian Real Retirement Age Lower Than That Set By Law – PM

16:49, 15 Sept. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday, during a plenary meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, that, in reality, the retirement age for both men and women is lower than the standard one set by law.

Romanian Labor Committee Assigned To Complete Pension Bill Report By Sept 1

14:50, 04 Aug. 2010
The Standing Bureau of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies decided Wednesday to assign the labor committee to complete the report to the unitary pension law by September 1, said Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberta Anastase.

Romania’s Wage Law Must Be Amended To Show Results In 2011 – IMF Official

17:09, 29 Iul. 2010
The International Monetary Fund’s mission chief to Bucharest, Jeffrey Franks, said Thursday after talks with Romanian Labor Minister Mihai Seitan that the country’s unitary wage law must be amended so that its principles take effect in 2011.

Romanian Senate To Adopt Draft Pension Law Tacitly

21:47, 10 Mai 2010
Romania’s Senate Monday evening has canceled debates on the country’s draft pension law, due to lack of quorum, and the normative act will be adopted tacitly.

Romanian Senators Set Retirement Age At 55 For Defense, Security Sectors Employees

14:05, 05 Mai 2010
Romanian senators adopted Wednesday, during debates on the country’s pension reform, an amendment that proposes the retirement age for both men and women working in the defense, public order and national security sectors be set at 55.

Romanian PM To Attend Senate’s Debates On Pension Bill

09:28, 20 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday morning will attend debates in the Senate on the country’s pension bill, after senators decided Monday the bill will be the first item on Tuesday’s work agenda.

Romanian Labor Committee Senators Adopt Draft Pension Law With Amendments

20:53, 14 Apr. 2010
The Romanian Senate’s labor committee adopted Wednesday the country’s draft pension law with amendments and agreed on a pension point of at least 45% of the average gross salary.

Romanian Senate’s Legal Committee Approves Draft Pension Law With Amendments

19:08, 13 Apr. 2010
The Romanian Senate’s committee for legal matters Tuesday approved the draft pension law with amendments which set special retirement conditions for judges and magistrates, committee for legal matters vice-president Iulian Urban told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian PM Confident Parliament Will Adopt Pension Law By June

13:42, 09 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he is confident the draft pension law will be adopted during the current parliament session, adding opposition parties are against the reformation of the pension system.

Romanian Pensioners To Picket Govt On March 26 Over Pension Law

14:21, 11 Mart. 2010
Romanian pensioners said Thursday they will picket the Government and the country’s prefects' offices on March 26, displeased with the pension reform, the co-payment system for healthcare and the reduction in the number of treatment vouchers.

Romania’s Ruling Party Lawmakers To Amend Pension Law In Parliament

12:39, 05 Mart. 2010
Lawmakers of Romania’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party will uphold amendments brought by unionists to the draft pension law, party vice-president Ioan Oltean said Friday, adding the law was drafted quickly and under pressure and could use improvement.

Romania’s Opposition Social Democrats Dismiss Pension Law As Unconstitutional

18:31, 12 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Social Democratic Party said in a press release Friday the draft law reforming the country’s public pension system, approved by the Government Wednesday, is unconstitutional.

Romania’s Pension Law To Be Approved By Govt In February – PM

14:50, 24 Ian. 2010
Romania’s Government will approve the draft pension law at the beginning of February, so that it can be sent to Parliament for debates, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday.

Romania’s Pension Law To Cut Pensions Calculated As 80% Of Last Salary

09:55, 13 Dec. 2009
Romania’s new pension law will mainly lower pensions granted currently that are 80% of the retiree’s last salary, acting Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Saturday.

Unions Call On Romanian Govt To Delay Seeking Parliament Confidence Vote For Pension Law

13:10, 06 Oct. 2009
Romania’s unions Tuesday called on the Government to postpone seeking a confidence vote in Parliament to enact an IMF-required public pension law, saying the law is abusive and its enactment would escalate social tension in the country.

Romanian Govt To Ask Parl Confidence Vote To Enact IMF-Required Pension Law

10:47, 06 Oct. 2009
Romania’s government has decided to ask the Parliament for a confidence vote to enact a public pension law, as it did last month with the unitary wage law for the public sector, the law on education and a law reorganizing government agencies and public institutions.

Pension Law In Romania To Adjust Retirement Age, As Stipulated By IMF Agreement

14:39, 24 Iul. 2009
The new pension law will observe the stipulations of the agreement Romania signed with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission on increasing the retirement period particularly for women and adjusting it at 65 years-old after 2014, Government officials said Friday.