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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.

"Suspension of the employment contract"

The suspension of the individual employment contract can occur by law, by agreement of the parties or by the unilateral act of one of the parties.

The suspension of the individual employment contract has the effect of suspending the performance of work by the employee and the payment of salary rights by the employer. During the suspension, other rights and obligations of the parties may continue to exist, if they are provided for by special laws, by the applicable collective labor agreement, the individual employment contract or by internal regulations.

In the event of suspension of the individual employment contract due to a fact attributable to the employee, during the suspension he will not benefit from any right arising from his capacity as an employee.

Each time, when during the period of suspension of the contract, a cause of termination by law of the individual employment contract occurs, the cause of termination by law prevails.