Admissibility of preliminary ruling on salary classification under Annex VII of Framework Law No. 153/2017 for public healthcare administrative staff transferred to local authorities
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary ruling filed by the Hunedoara Court of Appeal, leaving the lower court's position unchanged. The dispute concerned the applicable salary classification framework for technical, economic, and socio-administrative staff at public healthcare units whose management was transferred to local authorities, specifically whether their wages should be determined under Article 1 or Article 2 of Annex No. VII to Framework Law No. 153/2017, in the context of implementing Decision No. 61 of 17 October 2022. The decisive legal basis was the procedural inadmissibility of the referral, which prevented the court from addressing the substantive conflict between the two articles of the framework law regarding the remuneration of public healthcare administrative staff.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of preliminary ruling on salary classification under Annex VII of Framework Law No. 153/2017 for public healthcare administrative staff transferred to local authorities: The dispute concerned the applicable salary classification framework for technical, economic, and socio-administrative staff at public healthcare units whose management was transferred to local authorities, specifically whether their wages should be determined under Article 1 or Article 2 of Annex No. VII to Framework Law No. 153/2017, in the context of implementing Decision No. 61 of 17 October 2022. The decisive legal basis was the procedural inadmissibility of the referral, which prevented the court from addressing the substantive conflict between the two articles of the framework law regarding the remuneration of public healthcare administrative staff.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 71 Dosar nr. 553/1/2026
Ședința din 18 mai 2026
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Hunedoara – Secția I civilă, în dosarul nr. 1882/97/2024, în vederea pronunțării unei hotărâri prealabile prin care să dea o rezolvare de principiu asupra următoarei chestiuni de drept:
Dacă în aplicarea Deciziei nr. 61 din 17 octombrie 2022 a Înaltei Curţi de Casaţie şi Justiţie – Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept, salarizarea personalului tehnic, economic şi socio-administrativ din cadrul unităților sanitare publice pentru care s-a transferat managementul asistenței medicale către autoritățile administrației publice locale şi către Primăria Municipiului București conform Hotărârii Guvernului nr. 529/2010, se realizează în raport de art. 1 sau art. 2 din anexa nr. VII la Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 18 mai 2026.