public servants

75% of Romanians believe things are going in the wrong direction in Romania, according to an IRES survey released on Friday. The survey shows that 17% of respondents are satisfied with the direction Romania is heading, 7% think things…

The anti-corruption chief prosecutor asked the Senate’s go-ahead to criminally prosecute the minister for Parliament Liaison, Viorel Ilie, for charges of abetment in using confidential information and in enabling unauthorized persons’…

The National Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Council (CNIPMMP) representatives have calculated the impact of the unitary wage bill to the public servants and on budget expenditures that could reach RON 34 billion by 2020. On Monday…

Several city halls in the country are on spontaneous protest, dissatisfied with the unitary wage law. According to Pro Lex trade union leader Vasile Lincu, there is no statistic on the protest, however he stressed the employees are unhappy…

The legislative proposal on the remuneration of staff paid out of public funds was adopted with amendments by the Senate plenary sitting. In favour of the legislative proposal initiated by 205 PSD and ALDE MPs, voted 85 senators, 12…

President Klaus Iohannis is sending the law on the public servants’ statute back in Parliament for re-examination, the Presidential Administration informed on Monday. More precisely, the head of state is discontent with the fact that the…

MPs have partially decriminalized the conflict of interest. Deputies in the Legal Committee have adopted on Tuesday a draft amending the articles 301 and 308 in the Criminal Code, replacing the phrase “conflict of interest” with “using the…

“Babes-Bolyai” University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca launched the first post-graduate anti-corruption and integrity programme in Romania. The programme will train public servants with the aim of preventing conflicts of interest. The pilot…

The Government challenged several laws on the pay rises granted to certain public servants. The Executive notified the Constitutional Court over the laws stipulating pay rises and financial incentives for the budgetary employees in…

PM Dacian Ciolos on Tuesday presented the new revised emergency ordinance draft on the public wage, arguing it will correct the inequities related to the payment and framing for similar positions. The draft mainly stipulates wage rises in…