With 1,000 additional positions the employment program is reinforced for people with disability In the municipalities of the country, as announced by the Minister of Labor and Social Employment, Ceramic Victoryin an interview with ERTnews.
In particular, Ms. Kerameos pointed out the government’s special care for people with disabilities, stating that the initial 1,000 positions of the program that had been announced were all absorbed and due to the increased demand observed, the ministry is expanding the program by 1,000.
“Our fellow citizens with disabilities are absolutely suitable for work. It does not mean that when you have any disability you cannot work, alas, “the minister said, and reminded the order of the ministry that was established months ago and enables pensioners with disabilities to receive their pension and work at the same time.
Called to comment on the war between Israel -Iran, he described it as “a very serious crisis in an already overwhelmed wider geopolitical environment”. He added that “for its part, the Greek state has done its best to protect the Greek citizens who are in both Israel and Iran, with the initiatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which were immediately assumed” and quoted the prime minister’s clear message that he may only be a solution.
“This is also the clear position of the European Union. Therefore, we are watching very closely and passing through all the tones the message that obviously this solution must be diplomatic. “
Speaking about the decline in unemployment, he noted that it is now at 8.3%, “at the lowest point where it has been in the last 17 years”, which, he said, means that our country has lower unemployment than countries such as Spain, Finland and Sweden. He pointed out that this outcome has been achieved by initiatives “aimed at opening new jobs, incentives to particularly integrate some population groups that have room for improvement in employment. And I am referring to women, I am referring to the young, I am referring to our disabled fellow citizens, to three categories to which we must focus even more. “
Answering a question about vacancies, Ms. Kerameos clarified that it is the result of a high decrease in unemployment as “the tanks of the available human resources are reduced”.
The Minister also referred to the Jobmatch application, which gives interested parties to work in the tourism and catering sectors. “You get on the mobile, let’s say you want to work on an island in the summer, you put your conditions that: I want to work June with September on the island with 1,500 euros and above, the 1,500 indicative, you can say 1,300, you can say 2,000, you can say whatever you want. And that I have experience in cooking, I say an example. The system automatically “marries” with all the jobs available that meet these conditions and most importantly, you can click on the spot to make a video call for an interview. “
Referring to the 44 “career days” in 18 cities, the minister noted that “there are thousands of our fellow citizens looking for a job. So as a Ministry of Labor we bring the two closer. We lay down if you want the ground to find each other and in this way that the workers can find a job and the businesses to find employees. “
For similar events that have taken place abroad and specifically in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, London, Stuttgart and next December in New York, Ms Kerameos stressed that “some of them may not even have their minds. But you put them in the seed, you open a communication channel and there you lay the ground there to make it more likely to be more likely to return to the country and to open their communication with leading businesses in the country looking for specialized staff. And to put another parameter. Let us not forget that those who turned around, about 400,000, most of them are in breeding age, are young children who have returned. I also say it in the context of the demographic debate. “
The minister then noted that the main pension time has been greatly reduced, as the 500 days required in the past is currently taking under 50 days. Concerning auxiliary pensions, Ms. Kerameos said that “at the moment there is a massive digitization program, which is also the important thing here, is already half completed, it is not that it is just starting. We are at 51%. That is, 27 million stamps have been scanned and we have another 26 million stamps to digitize. Digitization is a work of the Development Fund, ends at the end of the year. So, after the first half of 2026 we will see a great improvement in auxiliary pensions. “
At the same time, the Minister also referred to the digital work card, saying that “we already have over 1.5 million card workers and I must tell you that the first month of digital work card was implemented in the tourism industry, we had an increase in 637%. So you understand how important this is to protect both the worker and the healthy competition. We are moving to the next step, we extend the scope of the digital work card in the next few days and to new sectors, wholesale, energy, financial services and some other services in the tourism industry that had not been integrated. So greater scope, greater protection, for more workers. We’re talking about another 350 thousand workers. “