Directive (EU) 2022/2041 is a consequence of the permanent concerns of the European Union regarding the social market economy with a high degree of competitiveness, which tends towards full employment and social progress. This necessarily implies respect for the health, safety and dignity of workers, their right to fair remuneration, suffi cient to ensure a decent standard of living for them and their families. In this context, t...

On 25 December 2022, a new Law on social dialogue entered into force; it was Law no. 367/2022 on social dialogue, published in the Official Gazette, Part I no. 1238 of 22 December 2022, which repealed, at the time of its entry into force, the Law on social dialogue no. 62/2011, published in the Official Gazette, Part I no. 322 of 10 May 2011 and republished in the Official Gazette, Part I no. 625 of 31 August 2012. Although the adoption...

The article aims to highlight the conventional nature of the conclusion of a collective agreement. At the basis of the creation of a collective agreement is the freedom of will of the parties (employer and employees/workers in the unit, group of units, collective bargaining sectors, up to national level), as a consequence of the principle of freedom of negotiation. The only limitation on the parties in negotiating the terms of th...