Currency
Romanian Leu (RON)
Payroll Frequency
Monthly
Capital
Bucharest
Fiscal Year
1 January - 31 December
Employer Taxes
16.70%
Employee Costs
11.2%
Date Format
dd/mm/yyyy
Contribution
Minimum Wage
From 1 January 2025, the gross national minimum wage (for a standard full-time schedule) is set at RON 4,050 per month.
For the construction sector, a higher minimum gross base salary is set at RON 4,582 per month (average hourly ~ RON 27.71) as of 2025.
For the agricultural and food industries, the gross minimum is aligned at RON 4,050 per month (average hourly ~ RON 24.50) starting 2025.
Payroll
Payroll & Minimum Wage
Payroll payment: Employers must pay employees at least once a month (as agreed in the employment contract). Wages must be in Romanian Lei (RON).
Overtime compensation: Employees working overtime are entitled to additional benefits/compensation (premium pay or compensatory time off) as per the Labour Code.
Working Hours
Working Hours
The standard full-time work week is 40 hours, typically divided into five 8-hour days.
Overtime work means hours above the standard 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week.
The legal maximum number of working hours (including overtime) is 48 hours per week, averaged over a reference period (usually 4 months).
For employees under 18 years old: work is limited to 30 hours per week, and overtime is prohibited.
Rest breaks:
A rest period of at least 12 consecutive hours between two working days must be ensured. If the daily working time exceeds six hours, the employee is entitled to a meal break (typically 30 minutes or more).
Leave
Public Holidays
Romania has multiple statutory non-working days per year. Some of the main national public holidays include:
- 1 January – New Year’s Day
- 2 January – Day after New Year’s
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 7 January – Synaxis of St. John the Baptist
- 24 January – Unification Day (Union of the Romanian Principalities)
- Good Friday (Orthodox) – date varies
- Easter Sunday & Easter Monday (Orthodox) – dates vary
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 1 June – Children’s Day
- Whit Sunday & Whit Monday (Orthodox) – dates vary
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 30 November – Saint Andrew’s Day
- 1 December – Great Union Day (National Day)
- 25 December & 26 December – Christmas Day + 2nd Day of Christmas
Sources show lists of 15-17 national holidays in 2025.
Notes:
- These public holidays are in addition to annual leave entitlements.
- If an employee works on a public holiday, rules apply for additional compensation or a substitute day off.
Annual Leave (Paid Leave)
Under the Romanian Labour Code and related regulation:
- Every employee is entitled to a minimum of 20 working days of paid annual leave per calendar year.
- Public holidays are not counted as part of the annual leave days.
- For employees working under difficult, dangerous or unhealthy conditions, or for disabled employees, young workers under 18, there is an additional entitlement of at least 3 extra working days of paid annual leave.
- Annual leave is accrued in proportion to the time worked — meaning even if an employee has worked only part of the year, a proportional entitlement arises.
- If unused within the calendar year, leave must be granted within up to 18 months from the year in which it was earned.
- The employer must schedule the leave (including at least one continuous block of at least 10 working days) in agreement with the employee.
- Payment of leave: the compensation during annual paid leave must be at least equal to the base salary and permanent bonuses/allowancES
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| 22-Apr-1972 | 4 | 1 | Nostrum ex accusanti |
| 22-Apr-1972 | 4 | 1 | Nostrum ex accusanti |
| 22-Apr-1972 | 4 | 1 | Nostrum ex accusanti |
| 22-Apr-1972 | 4 | 1 | Nostrum ex accusanti |
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