We currently are dealing in Romania with a number of employment issues. As Romanian Employment law specialists we are acutely aware that whist Romania is currently going through a period of economic expansion there are still reasons where it is necessary for an employer to make employees redundant. The method and steps required are covered
The Romanian economy changed in 1989 and this brought about a profound effect on the way that people lived their lives and business was done in Romania. Many foreign investors forget that only since 1989 has Romania had a free market economy. This has been a blessing and a curse. One of the major impacts
Companies have been formed in Romania for many reasons. The Trade Registry has endeavoured to clean up the number of dormant or non-trading companies which had been set up in the first flush of a free market economy. In many cases the owners have let these companies die as they had no interest in them
The use of lawyers in Romania has in the past been limited to using them for legal advisory and court work. Clients should consider using their lawyers in other fields in Romania. This is particularly in a Romanian M&A or a Romanian commercial transaction or one dealing with a Romanian partner. Your Romanian lawyer should
For some time in Western Europe, it has been necessary for employers to guard against a potential lawsuit from an employee regarding workplace discrimination or sexual harassment. The last few years have seen considerable development of such cases in the employment tribunals and employment lawyers have been kept busy in this regard. Workplace Discrimination and
Hammond Partnership now representing Romania as part of the Centuro Global Network.As announced by Centuro Global, Hammond Partnership has been appointed as a key Global Partner for Romania. Centuro Global is an international organisation aiming to ease the global expansion process for all businesses, with the ultimate goal of democratising access to local expertise in
With the increase of foreigners wishing to come to Romania and Europe to work, we are asked regularly as to what is the position for non-EU citizens concerning work permits and residency. The position of the employment of Non-EU employees is governed in Romania by the provisions of EU Directive 2011/98/EU and Romanian government emergency
The European Court of Justice is having a larger influence on people’s lives than is popularly realised. As is often the case the Court has made a decision which will have an impact on consumers in Europe and perhaps world-wide and which was not picked up by the majority of the consumer press, rather only
