salariai

Salariai is a term used in Romanian language to refer to people who work as employees under an employment contract and receive a salary. The standard singular form is salariat; the plural salariați is commonly used in laws, statistics, and everyday language to denote wage earners. The concept contrasts with self-employed persons and with informal workers who do not have formal contracts.

The word is closely linked to the concept of salary (salariu). In Romanian legal and economic texts, salariați are subject to labor law provisions governing working time, paid leave, wages, social security contributions, and job protections established by statute or collective bargaining agreements.

In practice, the term is used in official statistics to describe the group of workers who earn a wage through an employment relationship, as opposed to other forms of work arrangements. The word can appear in various registers from government reports to academic studies.

Note: Salariați may be used alongside equivalent terms such as angajați (employees) depending on context, with salariat sometimes emphasizing the professional or contractual status of the worker rather than the act of employment.

See also: salariu, angajat, contract de muncă, drept muncii.