News News Flash - Changes to the Labour Code and its regulations and to the Social Security Pension System Contributions Code 09/09/2019

Law Nr. 93/2019 of 4 September 2019, which amended the Labour Code, approved by Law Nr. 7/2009, of 12 February, and of the Social Security System Contributions Code and the Regulation of the Labour Code was published in the Official Gazette.

Except for certain situations, expressly stated, the legislative changes introduced by Law Nr. 93/2019 will enter into force on October 1, 2019.

Law No. 90/2019, of 4 September, which reinforces the protection in parenthood, altering the Labor Code and Decree-Law Nrs. 89/2009, of 9 April, regulating the protection in parenthood, in the context of possible maternity, paternity and adoption, of workers exercising public functions integrated into the convergent social protection regime, and 91/2009 of 9 April, establishing the legal regime for social protection in parenthood within the framework of the pension system and the solidarity subsystem was also published.

As regards the entry into force of the amendments introduced by Law Nr. 90/2019, it is noted that some of them will enter into force on 4 October 2019, while others will enter into force only when the Sttate Budget for 2020 is approved.

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