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Labor Law: Interruption of Continuous Activity Period by Repaus Exceeding Daily Rest Requirement

Case Number ICCJ_229610
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, thereby leaving the lower court's procedural posture unchanged and preventing a definitive supreme court interpretation of the specific labor law questions. The dispute concerned the interpretation of the Labor Code regarding the definition of a "continuous activity period" in terms of minimum duration and whether such a period is interrupted exclusively by a 48-hour weekly rest following a 12-hour shift or by any rest period exceeding the standard 24-hour daily rest. The decision was grounded in the procedural standards for admitting preliminary rulings under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which rendered the appeal on the substantive issues of Articles 137(1) and (4), read in conjunction with Articles 113 and 115(2) of the Labor Code, admissible for review.

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art. 115 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 53/2003, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Labor Law: Interruption of Continuous Activity Period by Repaus Exceeding Daily Rest Requirement: The dispute concerned the interpretation of the Labor Code regarding the definition of a "continuous activity period" in terms of minimum duration and whether such a period is interrupted exclusively by a 48-hour weekly rest following a 12-hour shift or by any rest period exceeding the standard 24-hour daily rest. The decision was grounded in the procedural standards for admitting preliminary rulings under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which rendered the appeal on the substantive issues of Articles 137(1) and (4), read in conjunction with Articles 113 and 115(2) of the Labor Code, admissible for review.

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rest period Civil Procedure Code procedural requirement grounds for cassation preliminary ruling procedure review period

Cited Legislation

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art. 115 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 53/2003
113 şi art. 115 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, cu privire la următoarele chestiuni de drept:
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule establishing the binding nature of the decision issued by the Complete for settling legal questions.
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Decizia nr. 332/2025
Definition of continuous activity period and interruption by rest periods under Labor Code Article 137
Decizia nr. 415/2025
Whether weekly rest day compensation under Labor Code art. 137(5) applies to work within normal hours
Decizia nr. 760/2018
Perempted revision of labor dispute stricken for one-year procedural inactivity
Decizia nr. 1516/2012
Labor revision appeal inadmissible; inactivity time-bar affirmed.
ICCJ_237639
Constitutional right to rest and annual leave vs. administrative procedure allowing overtime compensation within mandatory rest periods and non-proportional leave reduction

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

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 332 Dosar nr. 2899/1/2024

Ședința din 29 septembrie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge ca inadmisibilă sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Craiova - Secţia de litigii de muncă şi asigurări sociale în Dosarul nr. 5.559/63/2021, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile, în interpretarea şi aplicarea prevederilor art. 137 alin. (1) şi (4) raportate la cele ale art. 113 şi art. 115 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, cu privire la următoarele chestiuni de drept:

- definirea sintagmei «perioadă de activitate continuă», sub aspectul duratei minime;

- dacă perioada de activitate continuă se întrerupe exclusiv prin acordarea repausului săptămânal de 48 de ore consecutiv repausului zilnic de 24 de ore corespunzător unei ture de 12 ore sau se întrerupe şi prin acordarea oricărei perioade de repaus care excede repausului zilnic de 24 de ore corespunzător unei ture de 12 ore.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 29 septembrie 2025.