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Statutory nature of maternity risk leave as a contractual suspension under the Labor Code

Case Number ICCJ_230214
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Cluj Court of Appeal and established that maternity risk leave constitutes a statutory suspension of the individual employment contract, resolving the referred question of law. The dispute concerned the classification of maternity risk leave under Romanian labor law, specifically whether it triggers the contractual suspension effects defined in the Code of Labor. The Court decided that in interpreting and applying Article 2(h) of Emergency Government Ordinance No. 96/2003 regarding maternity protection, such leave is legally equated to a suspension of right under Article 50(b) of Law No. 53/2003 (the Code of Labor), as amended. The decision is mandatory for lower courts pursuant to Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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art. 50 lit. b) din Legea nr. 53/2003, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Statutory nature of maternity risk leave as a contractual suspension under the Labor Code: The dispute concerned the classification of maternity risk leave under Romanian labor law, specifically whether it triggers the contractual suspension effects defined in the Code of Labor. The Court decided that in interpreting and applying Article 2(h) of Emergency Government Ordinance No. 96/2003 regarding maternity protection, such leave is legally equated to a suspension of right under Article 50(b) of Law No. 53/2003 (the Code of Labor), as amended. The decision is mandatory for lower courts pursuant to Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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maternity leave employment contracts labor disputes Civil Procedure Code statutory right mandatory nature

Cited Legislation

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art. 50 lit. b) din Legea nr. 53/2003
25/2004, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, concediul de risc maternal reprezintă un caz de suspendare de drept a contractului individual de muncă în sensul art. 50 lit. b) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish the binding and obligatory nature of the decision for lower courts.
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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited in the dispositive to establish the binding and obligatory nature of the decision for lower courts.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 361 Dosar nr. 2223/1/2024

Ședința din 20 octombrie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Cluj – Secţia a IV-a pentru litigii de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 2103/112/2023 şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 2 lit. h) din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 96/2003, privind protecţia maternităţii la locul de muncă, aprobată cu modificări şi completări prin Legea nr. 25/2004, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, concediul de risc maternal reprezintă un caz de suspendare de drept a contractului individual de muncă în sensul art. 50 lit. b) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 20 octombrie 2025.