The changes made to the legislation and the measures taken to fight the underground economy led to a rise of almost 14% on 2016 in the amounts collected into the national public budget as salary tax revenues. The amounts came to over 3.5 billion lei.

According to the National Confederation of Trade Unions, the highest rise in revenues, of over 18%, was recorded in the state social insurance budget.

The Confederation said the good results are also due to trade unions’ demands to review the size of the minimum guaranteed salary in the real sector. In April 2017, the Government increased the minimum guaranteed salary in the real sector to 2 380 lei, calculated for a complete working program of 169 hours on average.