Tag Archives: EFKA

Three of the historic cinemas in Athens will stage an event with free of charge entrance and film screens in the center of the city to raise awareness about their potential closing if the buildings’ owner decides to repurpose their properties, as the movie theaters’ owners say. The event is …

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In Greece of meanwhile overcome economic crisis there have been golden pensions of 23,000 euros per month. Entitled for this “astronomic” pension amount for Greek realities was a notary in 2018. A document from the Social Security Fund EFKA was obtained and published by daily Ta Nea on Tuesday. According …

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Thirty percent of Greece’s workers, that is more than 620,000 people, in private sector earn just 385.83 euros gross. Their net income is below the unemployment benefit.This has to do with the increasing rates in part-time jobs and the low salaries and wages in austerity and bailout agreements Greece. According …

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A ruling of Greece’s highest court, the Council of State, puts at risk the stability of the Unified Social Security Institution (EFKA) as it considers the social security contributions for large categories of self-employed as against the Constitution. According to media information, the CoS ruled last Friday with votes 17 …

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Social security fund EFKA will have to return money to 400,000 self-employed and freelancers after calculation mistakes led to increased social security contributions in 2017. With the new social security contributions system in effect as on 1.1.2017, self-employed and freelancers pay contribution according to income criteria. However, what the social …

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We saw it coming when wages in Greece started to plummet. Now the data obtained by social security experts confirm it: A lot of people need to work in order to pay one single pension. It takes the contributions of ten workers to pay one single pension. Before the crisis …

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