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Law No. 31 Of 22 March 1991 Laying Duration Of Work Time Under Eight Hours A Day For Employees Working In Harmful Conditions, Special-Heavy Or Dangerous

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 31 din 22 martie 1991 privind stabilirea duratei timpului de muncă sub 8 ore pe zi pentru salariaţii care lucrează în condiţii deosebite - vătămătoare, grele sau periculoase

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LEGE No. 31 of March 22, 1991 on the establishment of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for employees working under special conditions-harmful, heavy or dangerous
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR NO. 64 of 27 March 1991



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 (1) Employees who actually and permanently carry out the activity in jobs with special conditions-harmful, heavy or dangerous-benefit from the reduction of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day, under the conditions provided by this law. (2) Reducing the duration of the working time under the present law does not affect the salary and seniority. (3) In the sectors of activity in which the work is organized in the shift, the continuous shift or other form of organization of working time, the duration of the exchanges will thus be established to ensure for the employees who work under special conditions- harmful, heavy or dangerous-conditions for maintaining the state of health and restoring work capacity. + Article 2 ((1) The establishment of the categories of personnel, activities and jobs for which the duration of working time is reduced to less than 8 hours per day shall be based on the following criteria: a) the nature of the harmful factors-physical, chemical or biological factors-and their mechanism of action on the organism; b) the intensity of action of the harmful factors or the association of these factors; c) the duration of exposure to the action of harmful factors; d) the existence of working conditions involving a large physical effort, under adverse conditions of microclimate, intense noise or vibration; e) the existence of working conditions involving a special nervous request, very tense and multilateral attention or intense concentration and intense work rhythm; f) the existence of working conditions involving a nervous overload, determined by a risk of injury or illness; g) structure and level of morbidity in relation to the specifics of the workplace; h) other harmful, heavy or dangerous working conditions that can lead to premature wear of the body. (2) The duration of the working time shall be reduced taking into account the action of the factors referred to in point. a)-h) above on the state of health and work capacity and the extent to which the consequences of the actions of these factors may be diminished or eliminated by the reduction of the exposure time. + Article 3 ((1) The existence of special conditions-harmful, heavy or dangerous-in workplaces is established, for each unit, by the territorial state inspectorates for labor protection, based on the determinations carried out by the personnel framed in the specialized units of the Ministry of Health from which it results to exceed the limits provided by the national labor protection norms. The territorial state inspectorates for labor protection have the obligation to verify that all measures for the normalization of working conditions have been applied at the time of the determinations and whether the labor protection installations work Normal. (2) The duration of the reduction of working time and the normalization of the staff benefiting from work hours under 8 hours per day shall be established by negotiations between patrons and trade unions or, as the case may be, employees ' representatives (3) In the units of the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Interior the determinations and confirmations shall be made by the competent bodies with attributions of labor protection from these ministries. + Article 4 Maintenance, repair and construction personnel, as well as the other categories of employees who work the entire working hours under the same conditions as the beneficiaries of the reduced working time, have the same work schedule, established in the conditions provided in art. 3 3 of this law. + Article 5 For the purposes of this law, the unit means autonomous regions, commercial companies, other for-profit organizations, public institutions, associations of any kind and state bodies. + Article 6 (1) The provisions of this Law shall enter into force 60 days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. (2) On the same date, the provisions relating to the establishment of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for employees working under special conditions, from the normative acts mentioned in the Annex to this Law, as well as any other Contrary provisions. This law was passed by the Senate at its meeting on March 18, 1991. SENATE PRESIDENT academician ALEXANDRU BIRLADEANU This law was adopted by the Assembly of Deputies at its meeting on 18 March 1991. PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY MARTIAN DAN By virtue art. 82 lit. m) of Decree-Law no. 92/1990 for the election of the parliament and of the President of Romania, we promulgate the Law on the establishment of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for employees working under special conditions-harmful, heavy or dangerous-and we have the publication to in the Official Gazette of Romania. ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU + Annex 1 LIST normative acts whose provisions on the establishment of the duration of working hours under 8 hours per day for employees working under special conditions are repealed 1. H.C.M. no. 907 907 /18.V. 1956 on the establishment of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for certain professional categories, with subsequent additions. 2. H.C.M. no. 348 348 /29.III.1950 on the duration of work in the State Enterprise "Accumulator". 3. H.C.M. no. 2596 2596 /14.XII.1956 on the establishment of the duration of working time for some activities in cinema. 4. H.C.M. no. 1365 1365 /27.VIII.1957 establishing the duration of working time for medical staff in radiology services. 5. H.C.M. no. 208/1959 on the establishment of the working time of some categories of workers at the "Nivea" Factory. 6. H.C.M. no. 741/15.XI.1961 on the working regime with nuclear radiation sources. 7. H.C.M. no. 204/1965 establishing the duration of working time for certain categories of staff in regional electricity undertakings. 8. H.C.M. no. 2558/1965 on the establishment of the working time of workers from the manufacture of furfurol and other products, as well as for operators working on analytical calculating machines with perforated cards. 9. H.C.M. no. 905/1957 on the establishment of the duration of working time in some categories of workers in economic enterprises tutelded by the Ministry of Armed Forces 10. H.C.M. no. 475/1960 on the establishment of the duration of working time for some categories of personnel in the radioactive ore sector. 11. H.C.M. no. 2486/1968 on the establishment of the duration of working time in some categories of employees from the Craiova chemical plant and the Braila artificial fiber plant. 12. H.C.M. no. 25/1971 on the establishment of the duration of working time at the cyanuril chloride plant at the Pitesti petrochemical plant. 13. H.C.M. no. 789/1971 on the establishment of the duration of working time in some categories of employees from the Industrial Chemistry Group Rimnicu Vilcea. 14. H.C.M. no. 1438/1971 on the establishment of the duration of working time in some categories of employees of the Iasi Antibiotic Factory. 15. H.C.M. no. 695/1972 on the establishment of the duration of working time in some categories of employees from the tar distillery section of the Hunedoara Steel Plant. 16. H.C.M. no. 1061/1972 establishing the duration of working time in certain professional categories. 17. H.C.M. no. 1214/1972 establishing the duration of working time in certain professional categories. 18. H.C.M. no. 1417/1972 on the establishment of the duration of working time in some categories of employees from the industrial chemical fiber plant Savinesti. 19. Decree no. 416 416 /9.X.1953 on the working time of the professional aircrew in civil aviation of the R.P.R. 20. Decree no. 112/1965 on the length of working time of employees sent to work in countries with a hard climate to bear. 21. Decree no. 326 326 /13.IX.1977 on the further approval of the duration of work at 6 hours per day for the staff assigned to some installations of the industrial plant of inorganic products Rimnicu Vilcea. 22. Decree no. 282 282 /1.VIII.1978 to establish measures regarding the operating activity of the Bucharest Metro. 23. Decree no. 344 344 /30.XII.1978 on the approval of technical-economic documentation and measures to achieve investment objectives. 24. Decree no. 315 315 /28.VIII.1979 on the establishment of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for working staff working in particular working conditions at some plants in the chemical industry. 25. Decree no. 52 52 /23.II.1980 on the further approval of the duration of working time of 6 hours per day for the working staff assigned to some installations of the Rimnicu Vilcea inorganic products plant. 26. Decree no. 410 410 /29.XII.1980 on the establishment of working time for the personnel working at the plant for the manufacture of the Gamacid B of the Borzesti petrochemical plant. 27. Decree no. 378 378 /15.XII.1981 on the establishment of the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for the staff of the gudron processing department within the Coke-chemical Plant of the Galati Steel Plant. 28. Decree no. 295 295 /17.VIII.1982 on some rights that are granted to the working staff of the Slatina carbunoase product enterprise. 29. Decree no. 12 12 /17.I. 1984 on the approval of the Order Notes and the measures for the achievement of investment objectives. 30. Decree no. 88 88 /5.IV.1989 on the approval of the Order Notes and the measures for the achievement of investment objectives. 31. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 178/1990 on the granting of rights to the staff of the Chemical Enterprise "Carbosin" Copsa Mica and the one from the manufacture and packaging of the black smoke within the Pitesti petrochemical plant. 32. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 236/1990 on the working hours of the staff in the mining units. 33. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 266/1990 on the working hours of staff in the oil and gas extractive industry. 34. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 267/1990 on the working time of the staff working underground. 35. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 314/1990 on certain measures to improve geological activity and to grant rights to staff in geological activity. 36. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 407/1990 on the regulation of rights that are granted to employees in the research, exploration and processing of nuclear raw materials. 37. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 453/1990 for the establishment of the duration of working time at 6 hours per day for the working staff working under special conditions at some jobs within the non-ferrous metallurgical enterprise Baia Mare, subordinated to the Ministry of Chemical Industry and Petrochemical. 38. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 459/1990 on the working hours of the entire staff of the refractory product enterprise "9 Mai" Turda. 39. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 513/1990 on the working time of staff in the combined and non-ferrous metallurgy business. 40. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 582/1990 on the granting of rights to the personnel working on the construction of the Bucharest Metro and the tunnels executed by the units under the Ministry of Transport. 41. Decision of the Romanian Government no. 674 674 /9.VI.1990 on reducing the duration of working time under 8 hours per day for employees working under special conditions-harmful, heavy or dangerous. ------------------------