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Inadmissibility of reference question on cumulating age-limit pension with salary for de facto continued employment after labor contract expiration

Case Number ICCJ_229611
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible

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The Supreme Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the reference question submitted by the Pitești Court of Appeal, leaving the lower court’s original procedural posture unchanged. The dispute arose from a referral seeking clarification on whether the absence of a termination decision and a lack of a written request to extend an individual labor contract, both occurring before the employee met pension eligibility conditions, could be construed as the parties' intent to establish a new labor relationship that would permit the cumulation of an age-limit pension with a salary under the unified pension system. The decisive legal basis for the inadmissibility ruling involved the procedural requirements for referring questions of law under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, specifically concerning the admissibility of the reference regarding the interpretation of Article 56(1)(c) and (2) of the Labor Code and Article 118(1)(a) of the Unified Public Pensions System Law.

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art. 118 alin. (1) lit. a) din Legea nr. 263/2010, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Inadmissibility of reference question on cumulating age-limit pension with salary for de facto continued employment after labor contract expiration: The dispute arose from a referral seeking clarification on whether the absence of a termination decision and a lack of a written request to extend an individual labor contract, both occurring before the employee met pension eligibility conditions, could be construed as the parties' intent to establish a new labor relationship that would permit the cumulation of an age-limit pension with a salary under the unified pension system. The decisive legal basis for the inadmissibility ruling involved the procedural requirements for referring questions of law under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, specifically concerning the admissibility of the reference regarding the interpretation of Article 56(1)(c) and (2) of the Labor Code and Article 118(1)(a) of the Unified Public Pensions System Law.

Keywords

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pension contract employment reference termination of employment de facto contract procedural requirement Civil Procedure Code

Cited Legislation

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art. 118 alin. (1) lit. a) din Legea nr. 263/2010
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
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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. 333 Dosar nr. 2995/1/2024

Ședința din 29 septembrie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Piteşti – Secţia I civilă, în dosarul nr. 4437/109/2023, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:

Interpretarea dispoziţiilor art. 56 alin. (1) lit. c) şi alin. (2) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, în sensul dacă neemiterea deciziei de încetare a raportului de muncă coroborată cu lipsa cererii scrise pentru continuarea executării contractului individual de muncă, formulată cu 30 de zile calendaristice anterior îndeplinirii condiţiilor de înscriere la pensie, poate fi interpretată drept voinţa părţilor de a derula raporturile de muncă în baza unui nou contract de muncă ce atrage permisiunea cumulului pensiei pentru limită de vârstă cu salariul, în condiţiile art. 118 alin. (1) lit. a) din Legea nr. 263/2010 privind sistemul unitar de pensii publice, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 29 septembrie 2025.