Only 40% of job vacancies display salary information two weeks after the salary transparency law came into force, representing more than 6,600 positions, according to data from an online recruitment platform.

The new salary transparency rules require employers to communicate salary information before the interview stage.

According eJobs Romania Sales Director Roxana Draghici, the number of vacancies that include salary details has increased by no more than 5% since the new legislation came into force on 7 June.

'Employers are still adapting to the new law and to the way they need to approach salary disclosure. These new rules introduced through the European directive represent one of the most significant changes to labour legislation in recent years,' Draghici said in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday.

Since the law came into effect, approximately 4,000 vacancies have been published with salary information included in the job advertisement. Most of these offers are in the services sector, followed by retail and transport/logistics. Construction, manufacturing and tourism are also among the sectors most open to displaying salary information.

According to Salario, eJobs' salary comparison platform, average net salaries are approximately 4,500 lei in Services and Tourism, 4,600 lei in Retail, 5,000 lei in Transport and Logistics, 5,300 lei in Manufacturing and 6,000 lei in Construction.

On the other hand, in sectors such as financial services, IT/telecommunications, marketing and consultancy, where there is a higher proportion of specialist and experienced positions, employers remain more reluctant to disclose salaries in job advertisements, platform representatives said.

In these sectors, only 20% of vacancies published after 7 June with publicly displayed salaries are aimed at candidates with more than five years of experience or management positions. Average salaries in these fields are higher, standing at 5,000 lei in Financial Services, 5,500 lei in Marketing, 5,900 lei in Consultancy and 8,000 lei in IT.

The quoted data show that advertisements including salary information attract approximately 40% more applications than those without salary details. Representatives of the recruitment platform said that the salary filter is being used increasingly frequently by candidates, as remuneration has once again become the main factor considered when choosing a job.

At present, around 17,000 vacancies are available on eJobs.ro, while a further 6,000 positions are listed on iajob.ro, a platform dedicated to rapid recruitment. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Mariana Nica; EN - writing by: Adina Panaitescu)