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was Law no. 367/2022 on social dialogue, published in the Official Gazette, Part I no. 1238 of 22 December 2022, which repealed, at the time of its entry into force, the Law on social dialogue no. 62/2011, published in the Official Gazette, Part I no. 322 of 10 May 2011 and republished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 fact that lately the situations in which employers and employees resort to atypical forms of work have developed more and more urges us to think about what social dialogue means in the context of telework, work at home or temporary work. The essential changes that take place on the labor market and that change the paradigm of the permanent job, organized by the classic employer, determine new content issues in the field of social dialogue.

In the judicial practice, different opinions emerged with regard to the possibility of the employee/civil servant to request the declaration of the absolute nullity of the collective labour agreement/contract when the damage is determined within the property of the employer, through a control act of the Court of Accounts. In solving this issue of law, the High Court of Cassation and Justice intervened by decision no. 17/2016 (the panel compete...