Bonus allowance starts when salaries hit 2022 thresholds under Framework Law 153/2017; appeal admitted and interpreted.
Romania (RO)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the appeal in the interest of the law filed by the Ombudsman and, in a binding interpretation under Art. 517(4) of the Civil Procedure Code, ruled that personnel in public veterinary and food safety institutions who are employed and working in the specific functions listed in Annex VIII, Ch. II, Sect. II, point 6.2(a)(1) of Framework Law No. 153/2017, as correlated with Art. 38(3), (4), and (6) of the same law, are entitled to the hazardous/dangerous working conditions allowance from the date their base salaries, function pays, or employment indemnities become equal to or greater than those legally established for 2022, as a result of the regulated salary increases. The dispute concerned the correct timing for granting this allowance, which the Court held is deferred until the salary levels reach the 2022 thresholds, thereby resolving the interpretative divergence on when the statutory entitlement accrues.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Bonus allowance starts when salaries hit 2022 thresholds under Framework Law 153/2017; appeal admitted and interpreted: 517(4) of the Civil Procedure Code, ruled that personnel in public veterinary and food safety institutions who are employed and working in the specific functions listed in Annex VIII, Ch. II, Sect. II, point 6.2(a)(1) of Framework Law No. 153/2017, as correlated with Art. 38(3), (4), and (6) of the same law, are entitled to the hazardous/dangerous working conditions allowance from the date their base salaries, function pays, or employment indemnities become equal to or greater than those legally established for 2022, as a result of the regulated salary increases. The dispute concerned the correct timing for granting this allowance, which the Court held is deferred until the salary levels reach the 2022 thresholds, thereby resolving the interpretative divergence on when the statutory entitlement accrues.
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AI generatedMain ground for the decision: provision interpreted to establish entitlement to the hazardous working conditions allowance for veterinary and food safety staff.
Correlated with Annex VIII to determine the date from which the allowance is due following salary increases.
Procedural rule making the decision binding for all courts.
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R O M Â N I A
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii
Minuta deciziei nr. 27 Dosar nr. 2245/1/2020
Şedinţa din 26 octombrie 2020
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE: Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Avocatul Poporului şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că: În interpretarea şi aplicarea unitară a dispozițiilor Anexei VIII Cap. II lit. A Secţiunea II pct. 6 subpct. 6.2 lit. a) pct. 1 din Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017 în corelare cu prevederile art. 38 alin. (3), alin. (4) şi alin. (6) din acelaşi act normativ, personalul din instituţiile publice sanitare veterinare şi pentru siguranţa alimentelor care este încadrat şi îşi desfăşoară activitatea în specialitatea funcţiilor specifice prevăzute în anexă beneficiază de sporul pentru condiţii de muncă vătămătoare/periculoase, astfel cum este reglementat de Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017, de la data la care salariile de bază, soldele de funcţie/salariile de funcţie, indemnizaţiile de încadrare devin egale sau mai mari decât cele stabilite potrivit legii pentru anul 2022, ca urmare a majorărilor salariale reglementate.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă. Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 26 octombrie 2020.