Launching a startup or entering a new market can be daunting, unless a company has the best information at its disposal: from the employment law requirements, to payroll process set-up and benefits market practices and the most efficient hiring workflows.

PwC Romania has developed a comprehensive guide that provides step-by-step instructions for companies starting their activity in Romania. It covers the initial steps to becoming an employer, the specific steps required for hiring, onboarding employees and setting up the Payroll & HR function, alongside the documents that need to be prepared at every stage of the process, the regulations that apply and the deadlines to be met. It also addresses the mandatory actions in connection with the Labor Authority and the Romanian Tax Authorities, as well as the most common benefits granted by the employers and their tax treatment.

In summary, before starting operations as an employer in Romania, a company has the obligation to register and set up the General registry of employees (“REVISAL”), implement the necessary health and safety at work measures, provide occupational healthcare services and keep a payroll system, prepare the Company’s Internal Regulation and the job descriptions. Subsequently, the employee must undergo an initial medical check-up, before the individual employment agreement is concluded. The next step is to prepare and mantain a personal file for each of the employees and to submit the hiring into the General registry of employees. Concurrently, the Payroll & HR function must be established.

As a result of its extended overview in tax, legal and HR and payroll operations practices that it can contribute, the PwC Romania team can act as a partner in the accurate and timely setup of these mandatory obligations that will take companies entering the Romanian market where they want to be.