Starting with October, the gross minimum basic salary per country, guaranteed in payment, is 3,300 lei per month, this being increased from 3,000 lei per month, according to Decision no. 900/2023, published in the Official Gazette, which entered into force on 28 September 2023.
Below we present the provisions of this normative act:
– Starting from October 1, 2023, the gross minimum basic salary per country guaranteed in payment, provided for in art. 164 para. (1) from Law no. 53/2003 – The Labor Code, republished, with subsequent amendments and additions, is set in money, without including allowances, increments and other additions, at the amount of 3,300 lei per month, for a normal work schedule of 165,333 hours per month on average, representing 19,960 lei/hour.
– The above provisions do not apply in the agricultural sector and the food industry, the provisions of art. III of Law no. 135/2022 for the amendment and completion of some normative acts (“… until the end of 2022, for the agricultural sector and in the food industry, the gross minimum basic salary per country guaranteed in payment will be at least 3,000 lei per month, not including allowances, increments and other additions, for a normal working schedule of 167,333 hours per month on average, representing an average of 17,928 lei/hour… In the period January 1, 2023-December 31, 2028, for the agricultural sector and in the food industry, the minimum basic salary gross per country guaranteed in payment will be at least 3,000 lei per month, not including allowances, increments and other additions, for a normal work schedule of 167,333 hours per month on average”).