The Cabinet approved a bill on unskilled occasional work done by day laborers, IPN reports. The draft law regulates the temporary labor relations in agriculture and the method of work in derogation from the provisions of the Labor Code.
The length of day labor in agriculture cannot exceed 8 hours, 5 hours for persons aged 15 and 7 hours for those aged 16-17. The labor for the same beneficiary cannot be longer than 90 days a year.
The day laborer will be paid at the end of the workday and the pay cannot be lower than the minimum guaranteed salary in the agricultural sector. The taxes on day laborers’ incomes will be paid in accordance with the current legislation. State social insurance contributions and mandatory health insurance premiums in percentage will not be retained. Day laborers must register by themselves in the state social insurance and mandatory health insurance system.
The beneficiaries will keep a day labor register and will transmit an extract from this to the local Labor Inspectorate, including in digital format.
The State Labor Inspectorate and the State Tax Service will check how the legal provisions are observed.
Prime Minister Pavel Filip said that if the results of the implementation of this law are positive, this could be extended to cover also other areas except agriculture.
