• The cancellation of the option of the employers to purchase products and services from the protected units instead of hiring handicapped persons.
• The increase of the monthly contribution for the handicap fund

 The employers with at least 50 employees have the responsibility of hiring handicapped persons in a percentage of at least 4% of the total numbers of employees.

Starting with September 1^st, it was cancelled the possibility of the employers to buy products or services from authorized protected units, on a partnership basis, in an amount equivalent to the sums owed to the state budget.

Thus, starting with the date of September 1^st, 2017, the companies that do not hire handicapped persons under the above-mentioned conditions will have to pay monthly to the state budget a sum representing the basic minimum gross national salary guaranteed for payment multiplied by the number of the jobs handicapped persons were not hired to.

Example: for a company employing 50 persons, the employer bears the responsibility of hiring two handicapped persons (4% * 50 employees).

The contribution to the handicap fund for the above-mentioned situation is in amount of:

• Before September 1^st, 2017: 1.450 lei (2 * 725 lei)
• After September 1^st, 2017: 2.900 lei (2 * 1.450 lei)