The procedure regulates the set of operations that lead to the submission of documentation for granting the insertion incentive.

The insertion incentive is regulated by Emergency Ordinance no. 111/2010 regarding leave and the monthly allowance for raising a child. The same normative act states that persons who return to work earlier cannot be dismissed during the period they receive the insertion incentive, and non-compliance with this provision leads to a fine for the employer of up to 10,000 lei. Exceptions to this law are organizations in bankruptcy or those undergoing judicial reorganization.

Another important mention of Emergency Ordinance no. 111/2010, updated last year, states that the employee must notify the employer at least one month in advance about their return.

According to Ordinance no. 111/2010, either parent who is on child raising leave and wishes to return to work can benefit from the insertion incentive. Also, if the beneficiary of the incentive has taxable income at least 60 days before the child turns two years old, or three years old in the case of children with disabilities, the granting of the insertion incentive is extended until the child turns three, respectively four years old in the case of children with disabilities.

According to Article 7 of Emergency Ordinance no. 111/2010, the value of an insertion incentive is 650 lei, which may be increased only by emergency ordinance. It is good to know, however, that the insertion incentive cannot be combined with the child raising allowance.

In addition, if you wish to benefit from the incentive, you must expressly request this through an official application and submit it to the agency for payments and social inspection. In other words, once you start benefiting from the insertion incentive, you will no longer benefit from the child raising allowance.

Another important thing to keep in mind is the case of having several children. In this situation, you can benefit from child raising leave, monthly allowance, and insertion incentive for each one individually. The same applies to adopted children, those entrusted for adoption, and those in foster care, except for professional foster carers, who can only benefit from the incentive for biological children.

To benefit from the insertion incentive, the following conditions must be met:

You must live with the child/children for whom you are requesting the incentive and take care of their upbringing and care;

You must have permanent residency or legal residence in Romania;

You must have earned taxable income for a period of 12 months in the last two years before birth/adoption/guardianship/taking into foster care. Otherwise, you can benefit from the insertion incentive if you can prove you have received unemployment indemnity, health leave, social assistance, or disability pension.

If the parents are not married, and the insertion incentive is requested by the child's father, the file must also contain a social inquiry report. The social inquiry is carried out by the tutelary authority, at the request of the insertion incentive applicant, through a written application (to which are attached photocopies of the identity documents of the parents and the child's birth certificate) and registered at our institution.

​Complete files can also be sent by post, to the Social Assistance Directorate, Tutelary Authority and Minors Assistance, at the address of Ștefănești Town Hall, Argeș County.
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