Moldovan parliament votes for introduction of new type of social leave
20:01 | 14.03.2024 Category: Social
Chisinau, 14 March /MOLDPRES/ - The parliament today voted a draft law, which envisages the providing of a new type of social leave, legislative measures for combating the children’s labour exploitation and more flexible working schedule for the mothers with small children. Sixty one MPs voted the document in the second reading.
The draft law was worked out by the Labour and Social Protection Ministry, in order to provide better conditions for the employees, as well as to adjust the national legislation to the European Union’s one.
The authors of the project introduced amendments as regards the employment of children, in order to combat the phenomenon of their labour exploitation and protect them. Thus, the teenagers aged at least 15 years will be able to conclude an individual labour contract for exercising a light labour only with the written agreement of the parents or of the legal representatives. At the same time, those who will use children’s labour in the informal sector will be imposed fines worth up to 75,000 lei.
Another amendment regards the pregnant women, the ones who have recently given birth to children and those who nurse. They will be able to carry out night-time work on the days-off, on the non-working holidays only at their own initiative, based on a written application, with the presentation of the medical conclusion on the health condition, issued by the medical and sanitary institution and by common consent with the employer. At the same time, the employee can express the agreement or refusal to provide additional labour in written form, with the use of the advanced electronic signature, on paper or in electronic format, till the effective attraction to supplementary work.
The draft also sees the providing of a new unpaid social leave. The employees with a seriously sick family member and who needs care will be able to benefit from it. The duration of the leave will not be able to exceed five working days in one calendar year.
