Situations
37 questions workers bring to the guide. Each answer says what the evidence supports, what remains open, and where to check the source.
My agent says I must pay €2,000 for a Romania job. Is that legal?Money · An amount alone cannot answer this. Current Romanian guidance says an authorised placement agency in Romania may not charge the work…My employment contract is only in Romanian.Contract · Current WorkinRomania guidance says the employment contract, and the placement contract where applicable, must be available in Roman…My employer or recruiter has kept my passport.Urgent safety issue · Romania’s own worker guidance lists passport retention as a warning sign. The precise legal and safety response depends on what happ…I arrived and the job is different from the job in my contract.Warning signs · This is a concrete documentary mismatch. Current Romanian guidance itself lists being promised or given a job different from the con…I am being paid less than the salary in my contract.Before departure · Treat this first as an evidence problem: compare the net salary stated in the offer/contract with payslips and bank payments, and id…The recruiter promised free accommodation, but I am being charged.Accommodation · Keep the two statements separate: the recruitment representation (“free”) and the later contractual/actual charge. If the promise ex…My employer deducts more than 25% of my net salary for accommodation.Accommodation · Current WorkinRomania guidance states that if the employer provides accommodation, rent may not exceed 25% of the worker’s net salar…I work 12-hour days. Is that allowed?Working time · Working-time legality cannot be decided from “12 hours” alone: schedules, averaging, rest, overtime and the applicable contract matt…I receive money but no clear payslip or breakdown.Before departure · You still need a stable record of what was paid and what was deducted. Current Romanian guidance makes salary, payment method/date a…I arrived in Romania and there is no job for me.Job ends · This is not something a generic visa FAQ can solve. Preserve the pre-departure offer and contracts, record what the employer/agency …My employer told me to sign a resignation I do not want to sign.Leaving · Do not treat a document called “resignation” as administrative paperwork. Ending the employment relationship can have labour and imm…Can I change employer before six months?Changing employer · Current WorkinRomania guidance describes a general rule allowing change of employer by resignation after at least six months with th…My job ended. How long can I stay in Romania?Job ends · Current WorkinRomania guidance says the right of stay remains valid only within statutory limits and, if no unemployment benefit is …The company name in my messages is different from the company in my contract.Evidence · That can have innocent explanations — a foreign recruiter, Romanian placement agency and actual employer can be different legal enti…I cannot find the agency in an official register.Evidence · A failed search is a warning to investigate, not proof that the agency is criminal. You may have a spelling variant, trade name, exp…I am being asked to pay cash and will not get a receipt.Money · That removes one of the most important pieces of evidence about who received the money and why. Before paying, ask for the full lega…My recruiter says the Romanian work visa fee is €800.Visa · The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs currently lists the processing fee for a long-stay D visa as €300 for applications submitte…I received my contract only the day before my flight.Before departure · For workers placed through an agency, current Romanian guidance says essential information must be communicated at least 10 days bef…The recruiter said overtime is “included in the salary”.Overtime · That phrase is too vague to rely on. Current official guidance says working time, rest periods and overtime compensation should be c…My employer keeps my bank card or controls my salary account.Urgent safety issue · Current guidance says the foreign worker’s salary is paid into the worker’s bank account. Control of the physical card, PIN or acces…I was injured at work.Urgent safety issue · Workplace injury is not merely a recruitment dispute. Current official guidance includes occupational health and safety protections …I owe recruitment debt and I am being threatened not to leave.Urgent safety issue · Debt, threats and restrictions on freedom can move a problem beyond an ordinary contract dispute. Do not confront people in a way th…I want to leave the job and go home.Job ends · There are at least three separate questions: ending the employment contract, your immigration position until departure, and who pays…I arrived on a work visa but nobody has explained my residence permit.Residence · A work visa is not the end of the immigration process. Current WorkinRomania guidance describes the initial employment visa and then…The accommodation is very different from the photos or is overcrowded.Evidence · Treat “what was promised”, “what the contract says” and “what exists” as three evidence layers. Photograph conditions where lawful a…My employer provides no Romanian-language or cultural-orientation support.Integration · Current WorkinRomania guidance says employers must provide Romanian-language courses and cultural-orientation sessions for at least …An agent says I can enter Romania first and the work papers will be fixed later.Warning signs · For a worker who requires the employment long-stay visa, current official guidance treats promises of entry without the visa or with…I was promised €900 but my Romanian contract says 3,400 lei.Evidence · Different currencies create a comparison problem before they create a legal conclusion. Record the exact date and wording of the €90…My agent says I personally must submit the Romanian “single application”.Process · Current WorkinRomania guidance says the single application is submitted through the platform by the Romanian employer for relevant D…The agency is licensed. Does that mean the job is safe?Evidence · No register can establish that every promise in your particular recruitment is true. A licence/authorisation lookup can establish an…I only have a Facebook/TikTok/WhatsApp job advertisement.Evidence · Treat the advertisement as a claim, not as proof of a job. Before money or travel, obtain the legal identity of the recruiter, Roman…My recruiter wants to keep my original documents.Warning signs · Some procedures legitimately require originals to be presented to authorities, but that is different from a private actor retaining …My documents all match. Does that mean the job is safe?Evidence · No. Matching documents answer a narrower question: the written records agree with each other. They cannot prove how the employer wil…My offer shows a gross salary below 4,325 lei.Salary · From 1 July 2026 the general national gross minimum base salary is 4,325 lei/month for the normal schedule described by Government D…I work overtime but receive neither time off nor extra pay.Overtime · Romanian Labour Inspectorate guidance says overtime is normally compensated with paid time off within the following 90 calendar days…My contract gives me only 10 days of paid annual leave.Leave · Romanian Labour Inspectorate guidance states the minimum duration of paid annual leave is 20 working days. A contract term stating l…I cannot see my employment contract in REGES / I was told registration comes later.Contract · Romanian Labour Inspectorate guidance says the written employment contract is concluded and registered before activity begins. A mis…