VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ROMANIA

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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ROMANIA

• PRESENTATION BY
• VALENTIN MOCANU

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GENERAL OVERVIEW (1)

• LAW 53/2003 LABOR CODE
• - CONPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR VOCATIONAL
  EDUCATION AND TRANING
• - MECHANISM AND PROCEDURES
• - OBLIGATIONS AND BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYERS AND
  EMPOYEES

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GENERAL OVERVIEW (2)

• FRAMEWORK FOR INDIVIDUAL LABOUR CONTRACT
• - MANDATORY CLAUSES
• - OPTIONAL CLAUSES (not limitative) INCLUDING
  V.E.T. CLAUSE

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK PREVIEWS CONSIDERING V.E.T. (1)

• PATICIPATON IN TRAINING SESSIONS ORGANIZED BY THE
  EMPLOYER OR V.E.T. PROVIDERS
• WORKOUT PERIODS TO ADAPT TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES
• APPRENTICESHIP AT THE WORKPLACE
• INDIVIDUAL TRAINING
• OTHER FORMS

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LEGAL FRAMEWORG PRE-VIEWS CONSIDERING V.E.T. (2)

• LABOUR CODE
• Art. 190 and followings The employer shall
  periodically offer to the employee access to
  vocational training
• The employer shall establish V.E.T. plan
  (consultation with T.U. or employees
  representative)
• The employer, but also the employee, can have the
  initiative

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LEGAL FRAMEWORG PRE-VIEWS CONSIDERING V.E.T. (2)

• OBLIGATIONS FOR THE EMPLOYEES (if V.E.T.
  expenditures are supported by the employer)
• - for training periods over 60 days/year the
  employee cannot leave, on her/his initiative,
  earlier than 3 years. If so, he/she must
  proportionally return the expenditures

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INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT(1)

• INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT (OR ADDENDUM) SHALL INCLUDE
  THE PRACTICAL CONDITIONS REGADING RETURN OF THE
  EXPENDITURES
• INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT (OR ADDENDUM) MAY ALSO
  INCLUDE
• - CONCRETE PROCEDURES FOR V.E.T.
• - TIMING
• - OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR EMPLOYEE (in respect of
  Art 38 of Labor Code)

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V.E.T. FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS

• LAW 188/1999 STATUS OF THE PUBLIC OFFICER
• - V.E.T. IS ORGANISED BY NATIONAL AGENCY FOR
  PUBLIC OFFICERS
• - EXPENDITURES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE
  ADMINISTRATION
• - WRITTEN OBLIGATION FOR THE PUBLIC OFFICER,
  BENEFICIARY OF V.E.T. PROGRAM, TO CONTINUE TO
  WORK IN THE ADMINISTRATION FOR 2-5 YEARS ( IF
  V.E.T. PERIOD IS LONGER THAN 90 DAYS/YEAR)
• - THE PUBLIC OFFICER SHALL REIMBURSE THE
  EXPENDITURES IF SHE/HE IS NOT ABLE TO GRADUATE

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V.E.T. FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS.FINANCEMENT (1)

• 1.FROM THE BUDGET OF THE ADMINISTRATION
• - COMPULSORY AND INTEGRAL (IF THE INITIATIVE IS
  COMING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION)
• - NOT COMPULSORY, IN THE LIMITS OF THE BUDGET
  THE PUBLIC OFFICER CAN CONTRIBUTE UP TO 50 (IF
  THE INITIATIVE IS COMING FROM THE PUBLIC
  OFFICER)

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V.E.T. FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS.FINANCEMENT (2)

• 2. 100 CONTRIBUTON OF THE PUBLIC OFFICER
• - INITIATIVE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICER, AND
• - V.E.T. IN OTHER PROFFESIONAL QUALIFICATION
  THAN NECESSARY FOR THE POSITION IN THE
  ADMINISTRATION

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SECTORIAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

• DIFFERENT EXAMPLES AND PRACTICE
• GENERAL PREVIEWS NECESSARY TO BE DEVELOPED AT THE
  LEVEL OF COMPANY COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT AND/OR
  INDIVIDUAL LABOUR CONTRACT
• V.E.T RIGHTS FOR THE EMPLOYEES
• REPARATORY CLAUSES FOR THE EMPLOYERS