LLMD

Labour Law (MD)

Labour Law of the Republic of Moldova


In force since 2019-01-01, valid until before 2022-08-26

Art.

330

The employer's obligation to compensate damage caused upon an employee as a result of unlawful deprivation of the opportunity to work

(1) An employer is required to compensate a person wage he/she has not received in all cases of unlawful deprivation of his/her ability to work. This comes, particularly, in cases of:


a) unjustified refusal to hire;


b) illegal release or illegal transfer to another job;


c) the downtime of the enterprise due to the employers fault, with the exception of the technical downtime period (Art. 80);


d) (repealed)


f) delays in wages payment;


f) delays in payments (all or part) due to the exemption;


g) dissemination by any means (in the media, written characteristics, etc.) defamatory information about the employee;


h) failure to comply in time the decision of the competent authority of the labor jurisdiction, which resolved the dispute (conflict) on the deprivation of the opportunity to work; 


(2) In case of delay due to the employers fault in wages payment(Art. 142), vacation allowance (Art. 117), release payments (Art. 143) or other payments (Art.123, 124, 127, 139, 186; point 8, Art. 225, etc.)  to the employee, he is additionally paid for each day of delay 0.3 percent of the amount not paid on time.

In force since 2022-08-26

Art.

330

The employer's obligation to compensate damage caused upon an employee as a result of unlawful deprivation of the opportunity to work

(1) An employer is required to compensate a person wage he/she has not received in all cases of unlawful deprivation of his/her ability to work. This comes, particularly, in cases of:


a) unjustified refusal to hire;


b) illegal release from service or illegal transfer to another job under the conditions of art. 90 para. (2) lit. a);


c) the downtime of the enterprise due to the employers fault, with the exception of the technical downtime period (Art. 80);


d) (repealed)


f) delays in wages payment;


f) delays in payments (all or part) due to the exemption;


g) dissemination by any means (in the media, written characteristics, etc.) defamatory information about the employee;


h) failure to comply in time the decision of the competent authority of the labor jurisdiction, which resolved the dispute (conflict) on the deprivation of the opportunity to work; 


(2) In case of delay due to the employers fault in wages payment(Art. 142), vacation allowance (Art. 117), release payments (Art. 143) or other payments (Art.123, 124, 127, 139, 186; point 8, Art. 225, etc.)  to the employee, he is additionally paid for each day of delay 0.3 percent of the amount not paid on time.