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Uniform interpretation of merit grades and directorship increases for teaching staff under Framework Law No. 153/2017: effective date tied to base salary reaching the 2022 statutory level

Case Number ICCJ_181017
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, through the Complete Panel for Solving Recourse in the Interest of the Law, admitted the appeal filed by the Board of Directors of the Bucharest Court of Appeal and established a mandatory uniform interpretation of the legal norms. The dispute concerned the calculation methodology and the effective date for the application of merit grades and directorship increases for teaching staff, challenging whether these benefits accrued based on the actual base salary level or a future statutory benchmark. Relying on Articles 5(1) and 8 of Annex No. I, Chapter I, Letter B, and Article 38(41) of Framework Law No. 153/2017, the Court ruled that such benefits are effective only from the date the base salary reaches the level prescribed by law for the year 2022; until that point, effective from January 1, 2019, the rights must be calculated by applying the statutory increments to the 2022 base salary, deducting the December 2018 base salary to determine the increase tranches.

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art. 5 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Uniform interpretation of merit grades and directorship increases for teaching staff under Framework Law No. 153/2017: effective date tied to base salary reaching the 2022 statutory level: The dispute concerned the calculation methodology and the effective date for the application of merit grades and directorship increases for teaching staff, challenging whether these benefits accrued based on the actual base salary level or a future statutory benchmark. Relying on Articles 5(1) and 8 of Annex No. I, Chapter I, Letter B, and Article 38(41) of Framework Law No. 153/2017, the Court ruled that such benefits are effective only from the date the base salary reaches the level prescribed by law for the year 2022; until that point, effective from January 1, 2019, the rights must be calculated by applying the statutory increments to the 2022 base salary, deducting the December 2018 base salary to determine the increase tranches.

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calculation of salary statutory benefit effective date interpretation of the law pay rise uniform interpretation

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art. 5 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă
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art. 5 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 24 Dosar nr. 2453/1/2021

Şedinţa din 15 noiembrie 2021

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Colegiul de conducere al Curţii de Apel Bucureşti şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea unitară a dispoziţiilor art. 5 alin. (1) şi art. 8 din anexa nr. I, capitolul I litera B din Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017 privind salarizarea personalului plătit din fonduri publice, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, personalul didactic beneficiază de gradaţia de merit sau de majorarea de dirigenţie începând cu data la care salariul de bază este stabilit conform anexelor acestei legi, respectiv data de la care salariul de bază devine egal sau mai mare decât cel stabilit potrivit legii pentru anul 2022.

Până la acel moment, începând cu data de 1 ianuarie 2019, aceste drepturi vor fi luate în considerare în conformitate cu dispozițiile art. 38 alin. (41) din Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017, prin aplicarea acestora la salariul de bază prevăzut de lege pentru anul 2022 din care se scade salariul de bază aferent lunii decembrie 2018 pentru determinarea tranșelor de majorare.

Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 15 noiembrie 2021.