The bill of Ministry of Labor and social security with title ‘Fair work for all: Simplification of legislation – support to employee – Protection in practice – pension arrangements’ is introduced today for discussion in the principle to the competent Standing Committee on Social Affairs.
The draft law consists of eight axes that They relate to the work framework, Provisions for the simplification of procedures, the reduction of bureaucracy, the support of workers through the strengthening of their rights, the increase in labor security, the facilitation of businesses and the formation of a modern work environment.
The bill, according to the ministry’s announcement, provides for provisions that boost support to employees as it provides, inter alia, greater freedoms in four -day work and employee’s request. to allocate the annual leisure license, Increases the number of beneficiaries of pregnancy and childbirth allowance, predicts that the parental leave allowance is undeclared, irrevocable, tax -free, prohibits reductions in remuneration after the application of the digital work card, provides for a mandatory presence of health and safety coordinator in large technical projects.
In addition, it enables employees the opportunity to work exceptionally – if they wish – up to 13 hours a day, to an employer – against two currently in force – with a 40% increase in remuneration. It incorporates provisions aimed at functional enhancement of labor inspection, as well as social security provisions that provide, inter alia, that the exemption of surcharges from insurance contributions to overwork, Overtime, nightclubs and public holidays extend to surcharges of overtime, overtime, nightclubs and public holidays provided for by collective agreements as well as related surcharges voluntarily granted by the employer, benefiting employees and businesses. Arrangements for facilitating businesses, including significant simplification of the recruitment process, Fast – Track Recruitment of Emergency Needs and Abolition of many forms whose information is already submitted to ERGANI II.
At the same time Following the public consultation of the draft law and the proposals of the social partners It was incorporated into the draft law to predict that the refusal of overtime could not lead to any harmful change or discrimination against the employee by the employer. The clarification that any unjustified reduction of earnings is a unilateral harmful change and not only if it was done after the digital work card was applied. The clarification that in the absence of the recruitment announcement is imposed a fine for undeclared work. The abolition of the obligation to sign by the employer in cases of voluntary departure as well as the automatic notice of the employer to submit the declaration by the employee.
Also after consultation Added to the bill provisions providing for indicative: Expansion of dismissal protection (maternity protection) and foster mothers.
Simplifying the conditions for the expansion of specialties that can perform a work physician in order to tackle lack of work doctors.