The "Gaz România" Union Federation is suing "Romgaz", requesting that the company pay 10% of its profits to its employees, after filing a similar lawsuit against "Transgaz", according to Cătălin Muşoi, first vice-president of the union.

According to him, the lawsuit against "Romgaz" is scheduled to take place on September 15th in Sibiu, and the one against "Transgaz", for September 14th.

Cătălin Muşoi, first vice-president of the "Gaz România" Union Federation told us that the employees of "Romgaz" and "Transgaz" have mandated the union to represent their interests in court.

Mr. Muşoi explained that the Collective Labor Contract of every employee of companies controlled by the Ministry of the Economy, such as "Transgaz" and "Romgaz", there is a clause which stipulates that the employees would be paid up to 10% of its profit upon its distribution. He has, however, said that the Năstase government has changed that provision through a Government Ordinance, capping the dividends per employee to a maximum of one monthly wage per employee. At the same time, Cătălin Muşoi has said that the companies need to fulfill two conditions to distribute part of their profits to employees: the company must be profitable and owe not debts to the state budget.

In the case of "Transgaz", Cătălin Muşoi said that the provisions concerning the ratio for share for the employee profit sharing were honored each year that the company was profitable. However, he added that, following a budget revision performed through a Government Decision in the month of May 2010, the amount allotted for the employee profit sharing program "has suddenly disappeared", which in his opinion means that the state has appropriated the profit which was supposed to be distributed to employees. Cătălin Muşoi said that the amount was eliminated from the accounting records and has ended up in the