Kerameus in Parliament: Over 60 proposals will be incorporated in new labor bill

Over 60 suggestions by agencies and governmental parties volition beryllium incorporated successful the caller draught measure by Wednesday morning, Labor Minister Niki Kerameus said successful Parliament connected Tuesday.

During the plenary debate, Kerameus said those would see "an explicit regularisation that for the enactment of 13 hours of overtime work, each protective restrictions connected enactment and remainder duration indispensable beryllium observed. Over six improvements projected by the National Association of Persons with Disabilities (ESAMEA) volition beryllium added. [Also,] proposals by the Association of Safety Technicians, arsenic good arsenic a bid of improvements projected by the Parliament's Scientific Service."

The curate rejected disapproval by absorption parties astir "medieval conditions successful the labour market" and compared 2019 unemployment complaint and minimum wages with existent levels. Commenting connected an employee's enactment to enactment 13 overtime hours for the aforesaid employer, she accused the absorption of "misleading society", and brought to Parliament examples of edifice employees successful the Heraklion and Chania Prefectures connected Crete who requested to enactment 6 days a week, portion those requesting a 7th time successful Rhodes were rejected arsenic illegal.

Responding to charges that Greek employees enactment for longer hours than the European average, she said that happened to lone 3.1% of Greek wage earners, with implicit 49 hours, compared to the European mean of 3.4%. In addition, of those who near Greece during the situation years (680,000), 65% oregon 420,000 person returned to Greece according to Eurostat, portion past twelvemonth much returned than left.

Among different responses to criticism, the curate said that successful 2024, a full of 79,000 inspections were carried retired by the Labor Inspectorate compared to 59,000 successful 2019, portion presently 253,000 retirees are taking vantage of the much beneficial taxation regulations allowing them to enactment portion receiving pension checks. This reduced amerciable labour practices and brought revenues to the state. She besides said that Germany was copying Greece's strategy portion France and Finland had requested much information. Furthermore, the curate said, the measure included the ratification of 3 agreements with the International Labor Organization.

Kerameus said that the measure focused connected 3 tracks: affirmative regulations for employees, regulations facilitating businesses successful offering caller occupation positions, and modernizing the organization framework.