In the ‘share’ for amazed, pensioners, entrepreneurs and middle class that has the Ministry of Labor on its horizon TIFreported by the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Costas Karagounisspeaking to ERT.
“We are granting more than 250m euros at the end of the year, just to cover this great injustice of the personal difference, which the previous government inherited and we are giving emergency aid mainly low -income pensioners,” he said.
Aim to cover the holes of the past
The range of measures will be based on 1.5 billion euros And we have explained where this money will come from, said Kostas Karagounis, noting:
Basically from the fight against tax evasion and the effort in this direction is huge. We have drawn over 700 million euros, which will be directed to maintain mainly middle class. But our logic is to give more to as many citizens as possible.
That is, it will not be a guild commitment and implementation by the Prime Minister, but measures with a development sign. From the good execution of the budget, with the tourism proceeds that are going well and of course from the escape clause we have in defense spending.
Reduction of insurance contributions
About the reduction in insurance contributions Mr Karagounis stressed that it is important for businesses and to be able to pay higher salaries and added that there would be a further increase in the minimum wage.
«Reduction of insurance contributions has a huge cost for the budget, but we will continue to do so.
The goal is to reach 5.9% reduction, without disturbing fiscal stability, which is a priority for us. “
Concerning pensions, Kostas Karagounis said that from the 2.4% that locked up last year, “we will see this year how the new percentage will be.”
Digital card is also filled with insurance funds
We have increased the revenue for insurance funds, because we have greatly reduced unemployment, which has reached 7.9% and our goal is of course as much as we can reduce it. They have created over 500,000 new jobs and with the measures we take are money that comes in, they enter the public fund.
For example, the digital card With millions of declared overtime, in addition to protecting employees’ rights, it also fills the insurance funds. Employees are paid for real working time, which was not done in the past.
With the official details of Eurostat3.1% of employees worked more than 49 hours a week. The average European term is 3.4%.
Eurostat data are overwhelming and just go to distort reality, putting the self -employed, Mr Karagounis said of the criticism of the opposition.
Checks by the Independent Labor Inspection Authority from 54,294 in 2019 have now reached about 80,000. “I assure you, it will be a lot above. So you understand why the labor market is starting and enters the labor market, because we have specific digital tools, we have controls and we have a clear will to protect workers’ rights, “he said.
Finally, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security He stressed that ‘have increased the collective agreements Work has recently been signed two or three very large collective wage contracts over the threshold of 950 euros, while we were saying in the House we said, vote to have a protection net for employees.
Remember that in a sense it has been ridiculed and now the collective agreements are coming and agreeing with wages. The goal is, of course, with the integration of the Directive and the completion of social dialogue and with the political parties, especially with the social partners, to enable more collective agreements to sign with specific incentives, “said Kostas Karagounis.