Tag Archives: Labor Minister

It’s not a I-Owe-You, it’s not a Greek made “cryptocurrency”. It’s just unpaid work that will be awarded with “Day-Off” instead of payment. This is just a part of the controversial new labor law that will send workers unions to the streets on upcoming Thursday. Labor Minister Costis Hatzidakis claimed …

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Following a week of non-stop outcry on social media, the Greek government was forced to suspend the fiasco voucher program of e-learning for professionals and give 160,000 lawyers, engineers, physicians and other self-employed 600 euros direct financial support for the coronavirus lockdown crisis without preconditions. The program, announced amid the …

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The parliament in North Macedonia has voted to fire Labor Minister Rashela Mizrahi for failing to use the country’s new official name during a press conference — a sensitive issue in the Western Balkan nation following a long-standing dispute over the moniker. Last week Mizrahi triggered a storm of reactions …

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Serious incidents erupted in the town hall of the island of Chios on Monday night, where Deputy Minister of Labor, Notis Mitarakis was booed and became the target of protesters angry over the government’s migration policy and the creation of a new structure for refugees and migrants. A group of …

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Representatives of Greece’s lenders have reportedly given the green light for the increase of the minimum wage, an issue Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has long promised to materialize. During a meeting with Labor Minister Efi Achtsioglou on Wednesday in Athens, the lenders have reportedly recommended a “cautious increase” in the …

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Minimum wage in Greece will be increased as of 1. January 2019, Labor, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity Minister Efi Achtsioglou announced beginning of the week. The relevant amendment was submitted to the parliament late on Wednesday in order to speed up the procedure The increase of the minimum wage …

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Alternate Labor Minister Rania Antonopoulou is in the middle of a scandal as she has been receiving a rental allowance of 12,000 euros per year. The allowance has been approved in September 2015, ever since she was appointed Minister in the Greek government. This is a normal procedure if the …

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There was this story I heard by a friend. It must have been beginning of February or so. He told me, he was advised by an employee of the bank were he had his savings to withdraw them – take it at home, dig a hole in the garden. I …

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Greek Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced that employers who do not insure their employees will be fined with 10,550 euro per uninsured worker. Law violators will have to pay a fine of 18 times the amount of the minimum salary for every uninsured worker, according to new measures announced by …

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Greek self-employed almost suffered mass heart attacks and brain strokes on Tuesday noon, when they heard in the news, the Labor ministry planned to cut pensions of new retirees at 35 percent. Furthermore the ministry was trying to secretly pass this ‘clause’ in a multi-bill on labor issues and thus …

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Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced on Thursday that self-employed who have closed their businesses due to crisis will start receiving “unemployment” allowance as of 1. March 2013. The allowance will be 360 euro per month and will be given for a period of time of 3 up to 9 months maximum. …

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One in two foreign employees in Greece work without insurance and social security. That was the result of control checks conducted by the Greek Labor Ministry in the first six months of 2012.  According to ministry data, 47.4% of the foreign laborers work without insurance and social security. Labor ministry, …

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