The Foreign Investors Association (FIA) recommends the Moldovan authorities to introduce a new chapter in the Labor Code entitled “Work through temporary work agency”. The proposal is contained in the recommendatory White Book that describes a plan of action for improving the investment climate, IPN reports.

According to FIA, the work through temporary work agency is work provided by a salary earned who signed a work contract with a temporary work agency. The temporary work agency is the legal entity authorized by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection. The working conditions of the temporary work agency and the authorization procedure are defined by a Government decision.

Temporary work refers to the period when the salary earner works on precise tasks of a temporary character, under the guidance and management of the temporary work agency or the user of temporary work assigned by the temporary work agency. The document specifies that temporary work cannot exceed 24 months.

The White Book recommends the authorities to improve the labor legislation and enable to reward the time during which additional temporary work was done with free paid hours within 30 days of the execution of temporary work and to reform the childcare leave system so that the employees can decide the length of the paid leave by themselves. It is also recommended excluding the provisions that oblige employers to keep military records in respect of employees.