The draft law on the reduction of bureaucracy for business will save about 50 million lei annually.
During a press conference on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Dumitru Alaiba presented the main provisions of the bill approved at a government meeting this week. The deregulation bill aims to reduce bureaucracy for entrepreneurs and covers several areas: labor relations, digitization, IT communication, state control of business activities, etc. The Ministry estimates that the measures provided in the bill will save businesses and citizens about 50 million lei a year. According to the draft, during the first 3 years of SME activity, any controls will have an advisory character, without sanctions or restrictive measures, except for cases when the control reveals a crime or when the inspected person repeatedly commits grave or very grave violations. In addition, the law will introduce the obligation to register the motivation note in the State Register of State Inspections and the obligation to provide "checklists". Thus, the type of inspection will be announced in advance and the number of unjustified, unannounced inspections will be reduced. At the same time, the controlled person will have the right to photo and video recording of the inspector's actions. The Executive Code will be amended to introduce digitalization of relations between bailiffs and commercial banks, which will reduce administrative costs and time costs. Changes will also affect labor relations. For example, the employer will no longer be required to grant vacation pay at least 3 days before the employee goes on vacation. This money can be paid on another mutually agreed upon day, but no later than the pay day for the month in which the vacation was granted. This amendment is intended to balance the rights and obligations of the employee and the employer. When hiring people who are going to work in the catering industry, medical examinations can be carried out in public or private medical institutions and the costs will be covered by the budget of compulsory health insurance. The document issued by the medical institution will replace the health book (so-called "blue passport" of health), which now provides for mandatory medical examinations for employment in hotel and restaurant business. The bill must be approved by the Moldovan parliament. // 10.03.2023 - InfoMarket.
