OREANDA-NEWS. July 22, 2014. The government approved a draft on the carrying out of occasional unqualified activities conducted by day labourers.

The document stipulates that the labourer is a person employed per day by a beneficiary to conduct occasional unqualified activities. The draft states the rights and obligations of the employer towards the day workers and the way their activity is conducted, in derogation from the provisions of the Labour Code.

Labour, Social Protection and Family Minister Valentina Buliga at the cabinet meeting said that that the aim of the draft was to diminish the phenomenon of undeclared work by reducing the number of people who do not declare salary.

According to the draft, the duration of the occasional work performed by a day labourer at least one day, corresponding to eight hours of work, and must not exceed 90 days in one calendar year for the same beneficiary.

The document also sets that employers will pay an income tax for the work carried out by the day labourer. At the same time, under the draft, the salary must not be lower than the minimum guaranteed wage in the real sector and should not exceed 150 per cent of the forecast average monthly salary on the economy.