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

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

Another important mention in the updated OUG no. 111/2010 from 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 obtains 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 incentive is extended until the child turns three years old, or four years old for children with disabilities.

According to Article 7 of OUG no. 111/2010, the value of an insertion incentive is 650 lei, which can be increased only by emergency ordinance. It is good to know, however, that the insertion incentive does not combine 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 stop receiving the child raising allowance.

Another important thing to keep in mind is the case where you have multiple children. In this situation, you can benefit from child raising leave, monthly allowance, and insertion incentive for each child separately. The same applies in the case of adopted children, children entrusted for adoption, and children placed in foster care, except for professional maternal assistants, who can benefit from the incentive only for their biological children.

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

To live with the child/children for whom you are applying for the incentive and to take care of their growth and upbringing;

To have a stable domicile or legal residence in Romania;

To have earned taxable income for a period of 12 months in the last two years prior to birth/adoption/guardianship/placement. Otherwise, you can benefit from the insertion incentive if you can prove you have received unemployment allowance, medical 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 investigation report. The social investigation is conducted by the guardianship authority, at the request of the holder of the insertion incentive file, through a written application (to which the parents’ identity documents - photocopy - and the child's birth certificate - photocopy - are attached) and registered at our institution.

​Complete files can also be sent by mail to the Social Assistance Directorate, Guardianship Authority, and minors assistance, to the address of Ștefănești Town Hall, Argeș county.
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