Romania has rich and fertile land which has abundant mineral deposits. However, since the 1960's industry has gradually passed agriculture as the country's main source of income as well as its primary employer. Romania does not specialize in just one or two products. Romania makes a variety of different things. Their main industries are iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, petroleum refining, and computers.
Working
The unemployment rate is about 6% and 25% of the population live below the poverty line.
-a person can legally work at the age of 16
-may work at 15 with parents permission
-cannot work if under 15
-full time consists of 8 hours a day and 4o hours a week
-full time employees cannot go over 48 hours in one week, including overtime
-for every 5 days of 8 hour work, there must be two days off
-people under 8 can only work up to 6 hours a day and 3o hours a week
-if shifts are 12 hours, it must be followed by 24 hours of rest
-minimum wage is 600 new lei which is $198.89 US per month
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