The changes introduced by the ORDINANCE 32/2026 on the share of foreigners in the labour market in Romania, published in the Official Gazette on April 27, 2026

The most important of the changes and the process of bringing the force of the work of non-EU citizens:

1. The process of bringing the employment of non-EU moved to an electronic platform sole, WorkinRomania.gov. enadministered by the Ministry of the Interior.

2. The employer, you have to do is log on and register on the platform, under A. R. S. (the Register of Employers of foreign nationals), on the basis of the supporting documents.

3. Bringing in workers from non-EU shall be made only on the basis of a firm offer of a job, recorded as part of the employer, in the "List of jobs deficit", approved by the decree of the Minister of foreign affairs, and updated every six months.

4. The collaboration is made the binding, with an employment agency licensed as part of the section of the R. A. P. S. , on the basis of a contract for the provision of services to you.

5. The agency is licensed by the placement of a work of non-EU members, is responsible for the recruitment and registration of the application which are unique to the platform.

• "Work permit" is disappearing and is being replaced with a "Request Only" for foreign workers from outside the submitted electronically through the online platform exclusively by the authorised;
• The application only includes three standardized contracts, all the models to the framework, approved by the decree of the Minister of foreign affairs and uploaded exclusively by the authorized signatory:
  1. Individual work
  2. The Contract for the provision of the services
  3. The Contract for the placement of (tri-party)

The obligations of the employer, which brings in the labor force non-EU countries, according to the ORDINANCE 32/2026:

• The individual labour contract shall be concluded compulsory, bilingual: English and the language of the member state of origin of the foreign citizen or a foreign language which he understands;
• The payment of wages shall be made exclusively by bank transfer to the account of the stranger. Banks can open the account on the basis of a visa, D/A, a residence permit or any other document that certifies the resident;
• The training of the SSM is performed in a foreign language, or the language of the foreigner to understand the employee needs to understand the actual risks of the profession.
• The employer will hold the training courses of English, with elements of the integration of cultural and society for a period of 6 months (at least 6 hours per week) for the beginning of the activity in the ROYALLY-ONLINE.
• The workers of non-EU employees, and they will provide you with the list of officials to whom to address in case of abuses and complaints (ITM, the general inspectorate for immigration, the irs, employers, jobseekers and unemployed).

! Note:

The number of non-EU workers employed by an employer in Romania, may not exceed the average number of employees recorded in the previous year, according to the ORDINANCE 32/2026.