The Federation of Enterprises (SEV) has announced that its members will continue paying out the marriage benefit, despite the current collective labor agreement expiring.
The Federation president Dimitris Daskalopoulos explained that this decision is in compliance with the employment reality. Mr. Daskalopoulos explained that “our businesses give the highest wages, communicate effectively with employees and are consistent in complying with employment and insurance legislation. That is why in practice there have not been any cases of the minimum wage dropping from 751 euros to 586 euros”.
The current national Collective Labor Agreement for 45 work sectors expires tomorrow, meaning that new wage cuts are imminent as the relative employer and employee unions negotiate new agreements.
