We Go “Legit”! Government Solutions for Encouraging the Shift to Legal Work Discussed at a Dedicated Conference

President Maia Sandu said Moldova will succeed only when society understands the benefits, promising help to businesses but asking for good faith. The planned policies include fiscal incentives for employers, simpler declaration of some categories of employees, public information campaigns and reform of the State Labour Inspectorate. Minister Marcel Spatari described prevention and stimulus on one side, monitoring and penalties on the other, including transitional tax credits that mainly target small businesses.

Four panels covered agricultural vouchers, inspectorate reform, and financial and fiscal incentives. Experts from the ILO and the IMF presented European experience and best practices. Adrian Lupușor of Expert-Grup estimated that informality costs the budget MDL 15 billion a year, almost one billion euros, and called its reduction the main pillar of fiscal consolidation.