Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan stated that he has asked the Labour Ministry to find solutions to correct the vulnerabilities identified in some support schemes for the unemployed, underscoring that authorities can no longer continue to channel public funds into "spinning" mechanisms just to withdraw money from the state.
"An economy built on healthy foundations means, above all, fair rules and public money spent responsibly. Analysing how state programmes operate, we found abuses and very poor results. One example comes from labour market policies, which are meant to encourage people to work and companies to create real, legal jobs. Thus, under one support scheme, employers can receive 2,250 lei per month for 12 months if they hire people who face difficulties finding work: the long-term unemployed, those over 45 or parents raising children alone. In return, the employer is obliged to retain the employee for at least 18 months. In 2025, over 13,200 people were subsidised. In which sectors were most of these jobs created? In construction, in industry? No. More than half, meaning 6,816 people, were employed by security companies," Bolojan wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday.
He added that another issue raising questions is the concentration of these companies in just a few areas of the country: Bucharest and its surrounding area, Gorj and Galati.
"In some cases, the same individuals are subsidised multiple times. Practically, a person is hired, the company receives the subsidy, and after a while the employment relationship ends through resignation. Later, the same individual appears employed at another company, which accesses the subsidy again. This creates a mechanism where the same people are successively employed by different companies, while the companies repeatedly receive subsidies from the unemployment insurance budget, without any real long-term integration into the labour market. Gaps in the law have allowed such practices, and those who should have overseen them failed to do their duty. We can no longer continue to channel public funds into 'spinning' mechanisms just to extract money from the state," Bolojan said.
The Prime Minister underscored that, based on the situation identified, he has asked the Labour Ministry to find solutions and take concrete measures to address the problems related to this programme.
"And to support those who are actually working in the real economy. The budgetary impact of such a scheme, amounting to tens of millions of lei, may seem relatively small in the context of the entire budget, but the stakes are higher than that. It is about fair rules and the assurance that public funds are used precisely for the purpose for which they were allocated," PM Bolojan added.
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