An emergency ordinance was adopted granting paid days off to parents and other categories
of people in the context of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The free days granted are granted for the supervision of children up to and including the age
of 12, as well as for parents who have dependent children or adults with disabilities included
in a form of education, respectively enrolled in a pre-university education unit, including
early preschool education.
The provisions mentioned above apply during the alert state and after its termination, but not
later than the end of the 2021-2022 school year, without including holidays, in case of
limitation or suspension of teaching activities that involve the physical presence of children
in the units. education and in the pre-school early education units, where they are enrolled.
The allowance for each day of leave granted is paid from the chapter related to personnel
expenses from the employer’s income and expenditure budget and is in the amount of 75% of
the basic salary corresponding to a working day, but not more than the daily correspondent of
75% from the average gross salary used to substantiate the state social insurance budget.
In case of not granting the days off at the request of the employee, the employer is sanctioned
with a fine between 1,000 and 2,000 lei for each person for whom he refuses to grant the days
off, without exceeding the cumulative value of 20,000 lei.
