September 23, 2020 – The Government approved today a law project that streamlines the migration processes of foreigners who come to our country for work.

According to the document, currently, the granting of the right to stay for work in the Republic of Moldova is conditioned by the requirement to pay an average salary.

The government proposes to repeal the provision, because it conditions the employment of a foreigner with a higher salary than for a native for the same type of activity and disadvantages the domestic labor force.  According to the law, an employer in the real sector of the economy is obliged to pay a Moldovan worker at least a guaranteed minimum wage, which currently amounts to 2775 lei. And for a foreigner, the employer is obliged to pay him an average salary per economy, the amount of which today is 7953 lei. This provision is a constraint on investment in our country, say the authors of the project.

The changes proposed by the Government were consulted with the Moldovan business community, including members of the Economic Council, which discussed the legislative changes. The members of the platform came with an expertise on the draft law, which was taken into account in the process of drafting the final document approved by the Government.

The law project must be voted in Parliament.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund, and the International Finance Corporation’s Investment Climate Reform Project funded by the Government of Sweden’s International Development Agency.

The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund.