Labor Code

The individual employment contract is concluded based on the consent of the parties, in writing, in Romanian, no later than the day before the employee starts working. The obligation to conclude the individual employment contract in writing and hand over a copy to the employee rests with the employer.
Before starting work, the individual employment contract is registered in the General Register of Employees, no later than the day before the start of activity.

A person can only be employed based on a medical certificate, which confirms that the person in question is fit to perform that work. Failure to meet this condition renders the individual employment contract null and void.

The employment of young people under the age of 15 is prohibited. The individual acquires the capacity to work upon reaching the age of 16.
Young people who have reached the age of 15 can be employed based on the individual employment contract with the consent of their parents or legal representatives, only if the work performed does not endanger their health and professional training.

"Apprenticeship contract"

This is the individual employment contract of a particular type, which can be concluded for a fixed period that cannot exceed 3 years.

Any young person who does not have a professional qualification and who, at the beginning of the apprenticeship period, has not reached the age of 25, can be employed as an apprentice.
The employer, legal entity or natural person, undertakes to ensure the apprentice's professional training in a specific profession, in addition to paying a salary;
The apprentice undertakes to attend vocational training courses and to work under the employer's subordination;
The apprenticeship contract offers the same rights as other employees.

In the case of apprentices, work performed in difficult, harmful or dangerous conditions; overtime and night work are prohibited.