Over 500 people were found working without employment contracts at a courier company in Bucharest, but the fine of 200,000 RON, provided for by current legislation, is far too small to discourage abuses, according to Labor Minister Florin Manole.
"530 people, found in a single day working without contracts, at a courier company in Bucharest. This is not just a figure, but proof that undeclared work in certain new sectors of activity is quite large. For such a serious situation, the fine was only 200,000 RON, because that is what the current legislation provides. It is far too little to discourage abuses. That is precisely why, in package 2 of legislative amendments, the coalition proposed increasing fines for undeclared work. Moreover, we recently discussed, at a BNS debate on platform work, how important it is for people to have clear rights and real protection. Here is the discussion confirmed by reality", wrote Petre Florin Manole on his Facebook page.
In turn, Mihai Uca, deputy state inspector general at the Labor Inspectorate, emphasized that the figure of 530 people identified as working illegally for a single employer, in a single day, is an extremely serious alarm signal and what is worse is that hundreds of people are thus left without social protection.
"The figure of 530 people identified working illegally for a single employer, in a single day, is an extremely serious alarm signal. Such practices of circumventing the law affect fair competition and, most seriously, leave hundreds of people without social protection. The Labor Inspectorate will continue to intensify controls, targeting all fields of activity, in order to discourage and sanction with maximum rigor any form of undeclared work," declared Mihai Uca, in a press release from the institution.
This operation is part of the Labor Inspectorate's national strategy to combat undeclared work, a phenomenon that causes major damage to both the state budget and the social rights of employees, the institution specifies.
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