{"id":120584,"date":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/more-and-more-restaurant-owners-are-bringing-in-staff-from-outside-eu-countries\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:23:40","slug":"more-and-more-restaurant-owners-are-bringing-in-staff-from-outside-eu-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/more-and-more-restaurant-owners-are-bringing-in-staff-from-outside-eu-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"More and more restaurant owners are bringing in staff from outside EU countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

More and more restaurant owners are bringing in staff from outside EU countries<\/p>\n

The number of non-EU employees in Romanian restaurants, including Nepalese, Filipinos, or Ethiopians, will exceed 10,000 in at most 1 year, compared to approximately 500 currently, estimates Daniel Mischie, CEO of the City Grill group.<\/div>\n
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Bringing in foreign workers is seen as the only solution for restaurant owners to cover the growing labor shortage.<\/div>\n
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Given that more and more Romanians are leaving to work abroad, and from other EU countries hardly anyone is rushing to come and work in Romania’s restaurants and bars, the goal is to attract staff from outside the European Union.<\/div>\n
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The City Grill director says the chain he leads has already hired 6 Nepalese and is preparing to bring in several dozen more people, the Phoenicia hotel chain has brought in 30 Ethiopians, the Osho restaurant in Bucharest has around 30 employees from Nepal, and the restaurants at Therme work with Nepalese and Filipinos.<\/div>\n
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Daniel Mischie appreciates that the labor problems Romania faces cannot be covered otherwise, when the birth rate is negative, than through the import of personnel. Unfortunately, he adds, the Government forces employers to pay foreign citizens the average salary in the economy, which leads to disadvantageous treatment for the Romanian employee.<\/div>\n
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Source: Profit<\/a><\/p>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n

Why are Romanian restaurants hiring staff from outside the EU?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Restaurant owners are facing a severe labor shortage as many Romanians work abroad and there is little interest from other EU citizens to work in the local hospitality sector.<\/p>\n

How many non-EU workers are expected to enter the Romanian restaurant market?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Industry experts estimate that the number of non-EU employees will rise from the current 500 to over 10,000 within the next year.<\/p>\n

What is the regulatory hurdle mentioned by employers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Romanian government requires employers to pay non-EU workers at least the national average salary, which can create a disadvantage for local Romanian employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More and more restaurant owners are bringing in staff from outside EU countries The number of non-EU employees in Romanian restaurants, including Nepalese, Filipinos, or Ethiopians, will exceed 10,000 in at most 1 year, compared to approximately 500 currently, estimates Daniel Mischie, CEO of the City Grill group. Bringing in foreign workers is seen as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotels-restaurants"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hotelieri-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120584"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}