Ungheni farmers learn to register their day labourers online: the e-Zilier platform is now mandatory, and from 2027 fieldwork could get more expensive
At the Ungheni District Council, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and of the Farmers' Federation trained the district's agricultural producers on e-Zilier — the electronic register in which, since 1 June 2026, every seasonal worker must be logged before picking up a hoe, with an electronic signature and under threat of a fine if they are not entered in time. The platform promises less red tape and, for the first time, pension credit for day labourers. The local stakes are high: the district works some 30,000 hectares but has only around 1,200 formal agricultural employees — a sign that the bulk of fieldwork is precisely the seasonal kind the platform is bringing into the open. Hanging over it all is a separate tax proposal for 2027 that would raise contributions for day labourers from 0% to 21%.