From January 2027, AJOFM checks the declaration of vacancies: what every employer must do
Status as of 29.10.2026: AJOFM (the county employment agency) has announced inspections starting in January 2027 at employers who do not declare their job vacancies. The announcement was made by Roxana Kasai, executive director of AJOFM Timiș, on the show „Dezbaterea zilei” on Radio România Timișoara (watch the show).
Every hiring, whether of a Romanian or a foreign worker, starts with an obligation most employers ignore: a job vacancy must be declared to AJOFM, and once it is filled, the filling must be reported as well. From January 2027, AJOFM will directly check employers who do not do this. The fine ranges from 3.000 to 5.000 lei.
Who has the obligation
Every employer: SRL, SA, PFA, individual enterprise, NGO or private individual. Legea 76/2002 defines the employer as the legal or natural person who hires workforce, with no exceptions based on size or form of organisation. Only one thing matters: whether you employ someone under an employment contract.
The worker's citizenship does not matter either. For a foreign worker, declaring the vacancy to AJOFM is an obligation separate from the procedure on the WorkinRomania platform, and it is done the same way as for a Romanian.
The two steps for every hiring
| Step | What you declare | Deadline | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The job vacancy | 5 working days from the post becoming vacant | Anexa 1A |
| 2 | The filling of the declared post | 1 day from filling | Anexa 1B |
A vacancy means both a post freed up after an employee leaves and a newly created post.
How to declare
- Online, on the PULS platform (ANOFM's online platform for employers, puls.anofm.ro): you create an account, and the AJOFM of the county where your registered office is located links the account to your company and activates your rights. After activation, you declare vacancies and their filling directly from the platform.
- At the AJOFM counter: you submit Anexa 1A for the vacancy and Anexa 1B for its filling. The forms are on anofm.ro, in the section for legal entities.
The declaration is made to the AJOFM of the county where the company has its registered office or, for private individuals, their domicile.
What you risk
Failing to declare a vacancy or its filling is punished with a fine of 3.000 to 5.000 lei (art. 10, art. 113 lit. a and art. 114 alin. 1 lit. a of Legea 76/2002). Each omission is a separate contravention.
Why it already matters now, not from January: the fine can be applied within 6 months of the date of the offence (art. 13 of OG nr. 2/2001). At an inspection in January 2027, undeclared hirings from the second half of 2026 can be fined. Hiring data is in REGES-ONLINE (the national electronic register of employment contracts), so the inspector sees every new contract and checks whether the post was declared to AJOFM.
If you receive a fine, you can pay half of the minimum, i.e. 1.500 lei, within 15 days of receiving the proces-verbal (the official report of the contravention).
Why the obligation exists
Declared posts go into the AJOFM database, where they are visible to everyone looking for a job, including the unemployed. The aim is for anyone looking for work to have access to all available posts.
Checklist
- [ ] You have an active account on PULS, linked to your company by AJOFM.
- [ ] Every freed-up or newly created post is declared within 5 working days.
- [ ] The filling of every declared post is reported within one day.
- [ ] Hirings from the last 6 months are checked: for every new contract in REGES-ONLINE there is a vacancy declaration.
- [ ] Proof of the declarations is kept in the personnel file.
WantJOB keeps track of AJOFM declarations and reporting deadlines for its clients. Write to us at office@wantjob.eu.
Sources
- Interviu Radio România Timișoara, „Dezbaterea zilei”, cu Roxana Kasai, director executiv AJOFM Timiș (interview with Roxana Kasai, executive director of AJOFM Timiș): facebook.com/share/v/1Kc2kVKC8A
- Legea nr. 76/2002 privind sistemul asigurărilor pentru șomaj și stimularea ocupării forței de muncă (on the unemployment insurance system and employment stimulation), consolidated version as of 09.03.2026, art. 5 pct. I, art. 10, 113, 114
- Normele metodologice de aplicare a Legii nr. 76/2002, aprobate prin HG nr. 174/2002 (implementing rules of Legea nr. 76/2002), Anexele 1A și 1B
- OG nr. 2/2001 privind regimul juridic al contravențiilor (on the legal regime of contraventions), art. 13 și art. 28
- AJOFM Bistrița-Năsăud, comunicat din 16.10.2026 privind declararea locurilor vacante pe PULS (press release of 16.10.2026 on declaring vacancies on PULS)