OREANDA-NEWS. October 19, 2012. As President of the National Confederation of trade Unions of Moldova Oleg Budza briefed, the government had approved the draft law providing the increase of the employee’s contribution to 7% ad the decline of the employer's one to 22%.

This change will lead to employees’ losing 250 mn leis per year, Oleg Budza says. According to him, earlier Minister of Labour Valentina Buliga signed the document to keep the employee’s and employer’s contributions at 6% and 23% respectively. But the government approved another document.

“Our arrangements were broken and it contradicts the law” Oleg Budza said. According to him, such a drastic increase violates human rights too. Besides, according to the Plan of Action, approved by the government for 2011-2014, contributions by employers and employees are stocktaking in Q4, 2014. According to Oleg Budza, social contributions in Moldova are much higher than in other CIS states.

He thinks the government has to look for revenues to the budget in the shady economy instead of taking money away from workers. If the Parliament passes the draft law, trade unions will start protests, Oleg Budza stressed.