Romania Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups on Labour Market

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ROMANIA

Warsaw Poland25 June 2009

Inclusion of vulnerable groups on labour market


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National Strategic Report on Social Protection and

Social Inclusion (2008 2010)

Priority objective 1 Increasing the employability for vulnerable

Increasing the life condition of the citizens by stimulating participation on labour market, and also by

developing the entrepreneurial spirit of all but especially of the vulnerable groups developing

social economy

Active inclusion on labour market for persons with disabilities by developing the necessary tools for

assessing the vocational abilities and by developing adequate social services in order to facilitate the

employment of this category


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Vulnerable groups

with difficult access tolabour market

- Care livers

- Single mothers withchildren

- Young families withchildren

Young families withoutchildren

- Young people underdetention

- young people

- Long term unemployed

- + 45 years

- Persons convicted

- Handicapped persons

- Persons living in rural area

Law no.76/2002 Law no.116/2002


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Labour market in Romania

Unemployment on May 2009:

-Unemployment rate 5,8%

-Unemployment rate (female)

5,4%

-No. of unemployed people

(recorded): 526.803 persons

Unemployment structure on education levels (May 2009):

77,9 % - compulsory education (vocational)17,9 % - high school education level

4,2 % - university level of education


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Unemployment rate during Dec. 2004 Dec. 2008

Unemployment rate had decreased during Dec. 2004(6,3%) Dec. 2008 (4,4%) with 1,9 points


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Registered unemployment rate 2009


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Unemployment rate EU 27

(2007)


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Organizational structure -at

national levelMinistry of Labour,

Family and Social

Protection

National

Authority for

Disables

People

National

Authority

for Child

Protection

Rights

National

House ofPension

(N.H.P.)

National

Agency forEmployment

Labour

Inspection( L.I.)

Social

Inspection National

Agency forSocial Benefits

RSI

CASB

National

Agency

for Family

Protection

National

Agency

for GenderEquality

DLSP

CHP CAE

TLI

Institutions subordinating to MLFSP

Institutions under MLFSP authority

Institution subordinating to

MLFSP with own financing

Superior commission

for assessing the adult

with handicap


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MEASURES ADDRESSED TO INCREASE THE EMPLOYABILITY OFVULNERABLE GROUPS

I. Measures for employment stimulation

II. Stimulating the labour mobility

III. Stimulation of employers


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Measures for employment stimulation:

Unemployment benefit 50% of minimum gross salary on economy for a period of 6

months :

Graduates of education institutions at least 16 years old

Graduates of the special schools for young people with handicap at least 16 yearsold.

Bonus equivalent with 1 minimum gross salary on economy - if the young person

take up a job with regular working schedule for at least 12 months

A benefit in an amount equal to the unemployment benefit to which the graduates

would be entitled up till the expiry period of unemployment


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Measures for employment stimulation:

Career information and counseling

Vocational training

Specialized job fair

Granting credits in favorable conditions (lower interest)

Assistance and consultancy for business start-up

Are insured in the health assurance system

Are insured in the social assurance system


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Stimulating the labour mobility:

Employment bonus (2 minimum gross wages on the economy)for the

person who take-up employment in a locality at more than 50 Km away from

the locality where they have their stable domicile

Establishment bonus (7 minimum gross wages on the economy) for the

person who take-up employment in another locality and, in consequence,

change their domicile.


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Stimulation of employers:

The employers who hire graduates are exempted, for a period of 12 (18)

months, from the payment of social contribution to unemployment

budget as a complement they are entitle to a monthly subsidize of:

1 minimum gross salary on economy for the graduates of the lower cycle of the high-

school or of the art and trade schools

1,2 minimum gross salary on economy for the graduates of the higher secondary

education or of the post-secondary education

1,5 minimum gross salary on economy for the graduates of the universitary

education.

Financial support for no more than 2 years equal to social contributions

granted for each persons that remain employed.


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PersonalPersonal social support for youth facing socialsocial support for youth facing social marginalizationmarginalization::

I. Insertion employers

II. Solidarity contracts

III. Special mediation

IV. Vocational /counseling services


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Solidarity contracts concluded in 2008 : 1436

other young people in

difficulties 722

young familists convincted

1

young families w ithout

children 211

young people leaving the

child protection system

193

single young person w ith

children 79

young families w ith

children 197

young people leaving the child protection system single young person with children

young families w ith children young families w ithout children

young familists convinct ed other young people in diff iculties


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other young people in

difficulties 638

young familists convincted

1

young families w ithout

children 185

young people leaving the

child protection system

157

single young person w ith

children 66

young families w ith

children 182

young people leaving the child protection system single young person w ith children

young families w ith children young families w ithout childrenyoung familists convincted other young people in difficulties

Labour contracts concluded in 2008 : 1229


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Special measures for employment of disabled

persons


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Disabled persons may be employed according to their professional background

and labor capacity, attested by the handicap degree certificate, issued by the

evaluation commissions at a county level or of the Bucharest municipality

sectors

The employment of the disabled person is made in the following forms:

a)on the free labor market

b)at the domicile

c)in protected forms: protected workplace authorized protected unit.

The public institutions and authorities, the legal, public or private persons

having at least 50 employees have to employ disabled persons representing at

least 4% of the total number of employees


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The authorized protected units shall benefit from the following rights:

exemption from the payment of taxes for authorization upon establishment and

for reauthorization

exemption from the payment of the tax on profit, if at least 75% of the fund

obtained by exemption is reinvested for restructuring or for the purchase of

technological equipment, machines, tools, work installations and /or

arrangement of the protected workplaces

other rights granted by the local public administration financed from its own

budget


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With a view to stimulatingthe employersto hire disabled persons, there are

granted certainrights,such as:

the deduction upon the calculation of the taxable profit of the amounts related to the adjustmentof the protected workplaces and to the purchase of the tools and equipment used in the

production process by the disabled person

the deduction upon the calculation of the taxable profit of the expenses related to the transport

of disabled persons from the domicile to the workplace, as well as of the expenses related to the

transport of the raw materials and finished products from and to the domicile of the disabled

persons hired for home work

the reimbursement from the unemployment insurance budget of the expenses related to the

professional development, training and counselling and to the employment of the disabled

persons

government subsidy, under the conditions set forth by the law regarding the unemployment

insurance system and promoting of manpower employment.


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On 2008 December 31, the number ofpeoplepeople withwith disabilitiesdisabilities employedemployedwas 25.705 (versus

21.906 at 31.12.2007) of which 2.607 are with severe degree, 19.357 pronounced degree,

followed by those with medium and light degree.

The share of the persons with handicap employed December 2008:

Total population 21.528.627

Total employees 4.765.200

Total number of persons with

handicap

631.199

Total number of persons with

handicap employed

25.705 4,7% from total number of persons

with disabilities

0,53% from total number of

employees

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