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The transition period ended on 31 October 2018. It allowed for alignment to the new regulations governing fixed-term contracts, as introduced with Decree Law 197/2018, (the “Dignity Decree”), which was then converted into Law 96/2018. In particular, the Dignity Decree had provided that the new provisions would be applicable to renewals and extensions after 31 ....

The Ministry of Labour, with press release no. 19 of 17 September 2018, informed all those concerned that the Council of Ministers approved (specifically, on 13 September 2018) a decree enacting measures concerning some of the most urgent matters for the country, including the reinstatement of the extraordinary wages guarantee fund for discontinuation of business ....

Official Gazette No. 186 dated 11 August 2018 has published the conversion law (Law No. 96) of Law Decree 87 (the so called Dignity Decree), entered into force on 14 July. Major changes have been applied to the fixed term contract. In particular, a fixed term contract can be entered into without reason for 12 ....

Art. 1, paragraph 910 of Law No. 205/2017 (the so-called Budget Law 2018) established that, effective from July 1, 2018, employers and private clients must pay to employees their remuneration, as well as any advance, through a bank or post office using one of the following methods of payment: a) wire transfer on the current ....

From 1st July 2018, employers and principals are obliged to pay remuneration, compensation and any related advance payment, through traceable means of payment, i.e. bank transfer with IBAN code indicated by the worker, electronic payment instruments, payment in cash at banks or post offices where the employer/principal has opened a treasury account with a mandate ....