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Automatic Termination Under Article 56(1)(f) Applies Only When Custodial Sentence Is Actually Served

Case Number ICCJ_133304
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Brașov Court of Appeal and, in a preliminary ruling, held that Article 56(1)(f) of the Labor Code (Law No. 53/2003) applies only when a convicted employee is actually serving a custodial sentence in prison and is thereby physically unable to attend work. The decision is binding under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, resolving a question of law in a labor dispute concerning the automatic termination of an employment contract upon a criminal conviction.

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art. 56 alin. (1) lit. f) din Legea nr. 53/2003, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Automatic Termination Under Article 56(1)(f) Applies Only When Custodial Sentence Is Actually Served: 53/2003) applies only when a convicted employee is actually serving a custodial sentence in prison and is thereby physically unable to attend work. The decision is binding under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, resolving a question of law in a labor dispute concerning the automatic termination of an employment contract upon a criminal conviction.

Keywords

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termination of employment custodial sentence code of criminal procedure right to strike penitentiary staff labour administration

Cited Legislation

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art. 56 alin. (1) lit. f) din Legea nr. 53/2003
Dispoziţiile art. 56 alin.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule applied in the dispositive to make the interpretation mandatory for the referring court.
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Decizia nr. 15/2017
Convicted employee loses job only upon actual imprisonment, not suspended sentence
ICCJ_137607
Automatic termination of manager's employment contract upon final criminal conviction under Law No. 22/1969
Decizia nr. 83/2017
Statutory prohibition on custodianship after conviction for property crimes versus labor code termination procedures
ICCJ_133064
Suspended-sentence conviction under old Criminal Code not a ground for automatic termination; preliminary referral inadmissible.
Decizia nr. 45/2026
Higher Education Law automatic termination of university employment contracts for prior intentional criminal convictions

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 56 alin. (1) lit. f) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare

Main ground for the ruling – interpretation of the provision establishing that it applies only when the convicted person is actually serving the sentence in prison.

art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Procedural rule applied in the dispositive to make the interpretation mandatory for the referring court.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 15 Dosar nr. 3779/1/2016

Şedinţa din 6 martie 2017

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Braşov - Secţia civilă, în dosarul nr. 3485/62/2015, privind pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

Dispoziţiile art. 56 alin. (1) lit. f) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, se interpretează în sensul că sunt aplicabile numai în situaţia în care condamnatul execută efectiv pedeapsa în penitenciar, fiind în imposibilitate fizică de a se prezenta la locul de muncă.

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 6 martie 2017.