Moldova

[Updated 3/27/23] In Moldova, healthcare is the number one benefit people care about, as employees are interested in better and more comprehensive health coverage than is offered by the state. Healthcare is considered to be better in private clinics. However, only 5 of the 15 insurance companies in Moldova supply health insurance coverage.

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Average Cost

The average monthly cost for a typical benefits package is between €300 and €500.

Mandatory employee benefits in Moldova include pension, workers’ compensation, and health care. Common supplementary employee benefits in Moldova include healthcare and life insurance. Employee perks are not common in the country.

 

Mandatory and Supplementary Employee Benefits in Moldova

The available products in Moldova’s  insurance market designed for personal protection are:

  • Personal accidents insurance
  • Travel health insurance
  • Group Life insurance
  • Healthcare insurance

The products designed for both protection and savings are:

  • Long term life insurance with an investment component (Life Endowment)
  • Critical illness insurance

Regarding the scope of cover, the available employee benefits products can be divided into three categories:

  • Products designed for protection
  • Products designed for personal savings
  • Mixed products which include both components

 

Employee Benefits Overview

Work accidents / Professional Diseases/ Workmen’s compensation

In Moldova, the whole system is still handled by the State through funds collected on a monthly basis from the employers as well as from the employees.

According to Law Nr. 756 of 24.12.1999, the Public System grants the following compensations in case of work accidents and/or professional diseases:

a) Medical rehabilitation benefits

b) Benefits for the recovery of work capacity

c) Benefits for professional rehabilitation

d) Indemnity for temporary incapacity for work

e) Allowance for a temporary transfer to another job

f) Permanent disability indemnity

g) Death indemnity

  • For Personal Accidents and professional diseases, there are also facultative insurance products available, in addition to the benefits offered by the state system.
  • The expenses of Companies with insurance premiums related to personal accident insurance are tax-free, as well as the indemnities received following personal accident claims are also exempt from revenue taxation.

Employers’ Liability

  • Law No. 186 din  10.07.2008 on Security and Health at Work has provisions regarding the liability of employers to pay indemnities in case of professional diseases, death, and permanent disability of the employees due to accidents at work when the employers are liable for accidents.
  • Death and permanent disability indemnities are quite burdening: according to the law the liable Employers have to pay a lump sum indemnity equal to one annual salary for a deceased person at work for each year remaining until 62, but not less than 10 annual salaries. In case of disability, the payment will be one average salary for each percentage of capacity loss, but not less than one annual salary of the injured employee.
  • The employer’s risks of liability may be included in facultative insurance coverage. In case of a claim, the insurer will pay the claimed amount regardless of any other payment from Social Security Fund or other insurance schemes.
  • The facultative insurance indemnities are subject to the policy limits.

Healthcare – Public and Private

There are available two Medical Insurance coverages:

  • Compulsory health insurance
  • Private health insurance

The insurance premium for compulsory health insurance is paid on monthly basis, 4.5% of the salary the employer contribution, and 4.5% of the employee contribution. The payment to the National Health Insurer is performed by the Employer (also on behalf of the employee).

Facultative health insurance is provided by private insurance companies. Only 50% of the employer’s expenses with private health insurance are tax-free.

Private Health Insurance Coverage

  • Outpatient coverage, including visits to GP or specialists, lab tests or investigations, high-tech imagistic, etc.
  • Inpatient coverage includes:
    • Room & board
    • Medication/treatment during a stay in the hospital
    • Surgery + consumables and accessories used in the surgery room
  • Road ambulance / Emergency Room
  • Dentistry

Private health insurance offers many advantages in addition to obligatory state health insurance programs:

  • Free access to private health care institutions (hospital and out-patient)
  • Free medicines and drugs
  • Dentistry
  • No need for prior approval on behalf family doctor.

Travel Health Insurance

  • Medical expenses occurred during trips abroad following accidents
  • Medical expenses occurred during trips abroad following sudden illness and emergency
  • Additional costs with the repatriation of death body

Life Insurance

  • The main coverage available is death by any cause (illness, accidents) and survival benefits.
  • Available additional riders are:
    • Permanent total disability due to accidents
    • Permanent partial disability due to accidents
    • Critical illness insurance

Private Pension Funds

For the time being there is no Private Pension Fund functioning in Moldova. There is law No. 198 of 20.11.2020 on Private Pension Funds and a couple of local inactive private pension funds. There is an opportunity for foreign investors to set up private pension funds.

Currently, the pension system is functioning only on Pillar 1, based on pay-as-you-go system.

 

Suggested Employee Benefits Package

Based on our previous experience in this market, the most popular combination now is a package that includes:

  • Group Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (this one settles the major risks which might affect the individual/employee);
  • Private Health Insurance (this one takes care of the day-to-day problems they might experience during or out of the working program hours)

The advantages of having such schemes in place are well-known to all employers:

  • Happy labor force;
  • The high degree of fidelity/commitment;
  • High people retention ratio; this is a real plus when you have qualified people;
  • Lower fluctuation of personnel means stability and lower costs.

 

Related Government Websites

 

This information about mandatory and supplemental employee benefits in Moldova comes from Asinta’s Central and Eastern European Partner, the GrECo Group.

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