Employees are guaranteed:

a) the methodological contest of the state in organizing the labor norm;

b) the application of the work standardization systems established by the employer together with the employees' representatives and stipulated in the collective labor contract or in another normative act at unit level.

(1) Labor norms mean the norms of production, time, service, personnel that are established by the employer for employees in accordance with the achieved level of technique and technology, organization of production and work, so as to correspond concrete conditions in the unit and not lead to overwork of employees.

(2) In the conditions of the collective forms of organization and remuneration of work, combined and complex norms can also be applied.

(3) The labor norms can be revised as the new technique and technologies are implemented or the existing ones are improved, organizational or other measures are implemented, which ensure the increase of labor productivity, as well as in case of using an outdated physical and moral equipment.

(4) Obtaining a high level of production production by a certain employee or a certain brigade by applying, on their own initiative, new work procedures and advanced experience, by improving their own jobs, is not the basis for the revision of labor norms.

(1) For certain homogeneous works, unique norms and standard norms (interbranch, branch, professional, etc.) of work can be elaborated and established. The standard work norms are elaborated by the specialized central public administration authorities in agreement with the respective employers' associations and trade unions and are approved in the manner established by the Government.

(2) The replacement and revision of the single rules and the standard rules shall be carried out by the authorities that approved them.

(1) If the work rules no longer meet the conditions for which they were approved or do not ensure full occupancy of normal working time, they may be revised or replaced.

(2) The procedure for the revision or replacement of work rules, and the specific situations in which it may be applied, shall be laid down in collective agreements, other legislation at unit level and/or collective agreements.

(3) Employees must be notified of the introduction of new work rules in writing, under their signature or by another means that allows confirmation of receipt/notice, at least 2 months in advance.

(1) When remunerating the work in agreement, the tariffs are established starting from the work categories, the tariff salaries (function salaries) and the production norms (time norms) in force.

(2) The tariff for the work paid in the agreement is established by dividing the tariff salary per hour (per day), which corresponds to the category of work performed, at the production norm per hour (per day). The tariff for the work paid in the agreement can also be established by multiplying the hourly wage (per day), which corresponds to the category of work performed, with the time norm in hours or days.

The employer has the obligation to permanently ensure the technical and organizational conditions that were the basis for the elaboration of the labor norms and to create the working conditions necessary to fulfill the production (service) norms. These conditions are:

a) good condition of machines, machine tools and devices;

b) timely provision of technical documentation;

c) the appropriate quality of the materials and tools necessary for the performance of the work, as well as the timely supply with them;

d) timely supply of the production process with electricity, gas and other energy sources;

e) ensuring labor protection and production security.