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19 Jun 2014

Constitutional Court: article 32 of law 183/2010 regarding forfeiture term for challenging a fixed term contract is lawful (il sole 24 ore, june 18, 2014, page 47)

Constitutional Court, judgment no. 155 of May 21, 2014, stated the constitutional lawfulness of art. 32, par. 4, letter b), of Law 183/2010, considering fully reasonable the choices taken by the legislator with reference to the Article 3 of the Constitution. Therefore, the challenging forfeiture term is applicable to the fixed term contracts (and not also to the coordinate and continuative collaboration relationships) already terminated as of the date in which the mentioned law came into force, i.e. November 24, 2010 and this provision is not in breach of treatment equality and reasonableness principles, set forth by the Constitution.
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