In measures he announced Yesterday, the Prime Minister, as a result of the over -performance of the economy, was mentioned by the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Ceramic Victoryin an interview with ERT.
Specificallythe minister talked about the new fixed support with an amount 250 euros In approximately 62% of the country’s pensioners over 65 years of age, pointing out that 250 euros Clean, which will be paid by the end of November each year, are pensioners over 65, who have an annual family income of up to 14,000 euros, if they are unmarried and up to 26,000 euros, if they are married or with a cohabitation agreement and some additional income criteria.
In the opposition criticism of the new measures, Ms Kerameos replied: “We are not saying that all the problems of the world are solved, but we say that it is an important aid to limit some difficulties in key areas, such as the issue of rent, which plagues too many families, such as the support of our most vulnerable fellow citizens, the most vulnerable retirees. I heard the opposition say that this is the result of additional taxation. What additional taxation? Is this government that has abolished or reduced more than 70 taxes, so where do this revenue come from? From growth, from the fact that we have the lowest 17 -year unemployment. “
At the same time The minister underlined the Ministry of Labor’s contribution to the over -performance of the economy.
“Let’s not forget that we have 500,000 new jobs created over the last five years. All of this results from wage increases. We are constantly seeing wage increases. When salary increases, it means that we have more revenue for public and insurance funds. Arises from more full -time contracts. At the moment, we have over 3 in 4 employees who are paid full time and not partially. It comes from the expansion of the digital work card, which now records the real time of work and protects the employee, because now we know how much time it is working and we take care to get paid for that time, but that means more revenue again, ”Ms. Kerameos said.
And completed: “So, only from the Ministry of Labor, we have hundreds of millions of euros, which emerged as over -performance, thanks to these measures, thanks to the country’s economic development, thanks to most of the jobs, created and our debt is to return to society.”
Referring to work findings ‘Career Days’the Minister of Labor noted that over 9,000 of our fellow citizens have found a job through them and stressed that at the same time, this effort was being expanded abroad. As he said, “in November, we were in the Netherlands, in December in Düsseldorf, Germany, we were in England last month. In May we will go back to Germany and, in particular, to Stuttgart. “
Ms. Kerameos then talked about the Ministry’s new arrangement on the insurance contributions of insurance contributions (KEAOs) and unprofitable contributions to EFKA, which reach 50 billion euros. The minister stressed the following: “One has two roads. The first way is to say, as many governments have done, including the SYRIZA government, which has done nothing on this issue, we have very high debts, we cannot do anything, let alone the next. The other way is to say we must do something about it. Why? We need to do something about it, in order to be able to create a fiscal space, to enhance the justice of the insurance system, to enhance the viability of the insurance system and to give back to society. I am caught by something you said from SYRIZA’s announcement that these companies will be forced. Untrue. That they will make themselves unnecessary. The provision itself says that the collection remains exclusively in KEAO. KEAO is the center of collection of insurance debts. There will be an international competition to provide companies in support of a milder approach. So there will be a communication, in which a milder approach will talk to the insured, he will try to understand why he has not paid and give him a flexibility, give him more tools. He will be able to give him more flexible arrangements to a personalized approach. “
As for the new labor bill, which is currently being processed by the Ministry of Labor, the minister has clarified that the aim is to constantly eliminate bureaucracy and simplify the procedures for everyone. “And when I say for everyone, I mean workers and businesses. Indeed, in our plans, it is a new working bill that will try to simplify labor market procedures. For example, not so many documents are needed for a recruitment, “commented Ms. Kerameos.