​Central

The Ministry of Labour and  and Social Protection  is the specialised authority of the central public administration, carries out government policies in the field of employment and fulfils the following main duties:

• Policy and decision-making, implementation and monitoring of competences in the field of employment;
• Analysis and revision of the national Annual Programme for Employment;
• Policy and law-making competences in the field of labour law (employment relations, collective agreements, working hours and rest periods, etc.);
• Policy and decision-making competences in the field of public sector wages; and
• Policy development, implementation and monitoring in the field of pensions.
• Monitors the implementation of strategies of local public administration authorities regarding the development of social services;
• Initiates, coordinates and monitors the development of programs of social relation partnership in collaboration with central and local public administration authorities, employers, unions, associations, foundations and other structures of organized civil society, as well as with international bodies and institutions in the field

Regional

The County Agencies for Employment (AJOFM) provide the implementation at county level of measures to prevent unemployment, social protection of the unemployed, organize and coordinate the work of employment and labor training.

In order to fulfil these tasks the AJOFM cooperate with local public authorities, government organizations, civil society, providers of employment in the private sector and social partners.

 AJOFM are decentralized public institutions, the most important body at the local level for the implementation of policies and programs related to labor market.

Local

Municipalities devise and implement labour market measures on a voluntary basis.[1]

Employment policy is otherwise highly centralised.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Labor and Social Protection

National Agency for Employment

Sources

Constitution of Romania of 8 December 1991 amended, published in the Romanian Official Gazette Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 233 of 21 November 1991.

Framework Law no. 195/2006 on decentralisation, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 453 of 25 May 2006, revised.

Government decision n°11 of January 16, 2009 on the Organisation and functioning of the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection, revised by Government decision n°728 of July 21 2010.

Government decision no. 12/2017 on the Organisation and functioning of the Ministry of Labour and Social Justice, as subsequently amended; last modified October, 2018.Law N°215/2001 of Local Public Administration, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 204 of 23 April 2001, as subsequently amended; last modified February 2007.

Law no. 315/2004 on regional development in Romania, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 577 of 29 June 2004, revised.

Law no. 340/2004 on the institution of the prefect, consolidated version published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 225 of 24 March 2008 revised.