In this study, the non-compete clause is explained as a type of specific clauses of an individual employment contract, which results in a conventional restriction of work freedom. The author highlighted, primarily, the legal significance of the non-compete clause. In addition, the elements to be stated in the text of a non-compete clause were analysed, according to art. 531 para. (2) of the Labour Code of the Republic of Moldova, namely:...

By art. 31 paragraph 3 of the Labor Code introduced a simple and quick way to terminate the individual employment contract, at the initiative of either of the two contracting parties (employer or employee). According to this text, the respective contract can be terminated exclusively, during or at the end of the trial period by a written notification, without notice at the initiative of either party. Without needing to justify it...

The new amendments and completions to the Labour Code brought by the adoption of Law no. 283/2022 required the adoption of a new framework model of the individual employment contract. It was established by the Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity no. 2171/2022 and is made available to employees and employers by publication on the website of the Labour Inspection. For the proper development of labour relations, th...

The need for efficiency and continuous improvement of employment relations, as well as the need to simplify procedures specific to the human resources activity, require the regulation of the employer’s possibility of using the advanced electronic signature or qualified electronic signature accompanied by electronic time stamp or qualified electronic time stamp and qualified electronic seal of the employer when concluding the indiv...

This study analyzes the legal procedure for dismissing the employee as a result of the reduction in the number of staff or posts of the unit in the light of the Labour Code of the Republic of Moldova. The authors have elucidated the conditions that the employer must comply with when operating such a dismissal. Moreover, it is concluded that the operation of selecting employees for dismissal in accordance with the stated legal basis fall...

This study addresses some legal issues regarding employee protection measures – enshrined in the law of Moldova – which may take the form of permanent or temporary interdictions when dismissing employees. At the same time, we have pointed out the special rules on the dismissal of certain categories of persons a...

This study clarifies some legal issues related to the transfer of the employee to another job, considered by the legislature of Moldova as one of the main ways to change the workplace, either in the interest of the job or at the request of the employee. In accordance with the Labour Code of the Republic of Moldova, such a legal operation (even in the case of the temporary transfer of the employee) can be carried out only on the basis of ...

The amendments to the Labour Code brought by the new Law no. 213/2020 (entered into force on 3 October 2020) have already sparked some controversery, especially with regard to the role of the new actors introduced in the legal landscape of the Romanian Labour Code, which – it was argued – would unnecessary duplicate the lawyer’s assistance during the course of the employment relationship. The paper aims to examine ...

The practice of labor relations and the judicial practice in this matter encounter permanent difficulties in connection with the interpretation and application of provisions of labor law. Even if almost 18 years have passed since the entry into force of Law no. 53/2003 – Labor Code, a series of regulatory solutions contained in this normative act, most of which impose obligations on the employer in relation to employees, raises pr...

The present study aims to analyze the meaning of the notions of „civil servant”, „employee” and „contractual staff” in the vision of the Administrative Code. This normative act enshrined for the first time, in the legislative history of Romania, legal rules applicable to all categories of staff working in the public administration. Such a situation reveals a recognition by the legislator of the fact that, beyond the differ...