minimum wage

Raising the minimum wage is a move in the right direction as it boosts the income of the low paid and at the same time can breathe new life into the market.

“There is no doubt that there are difficulties. During the coronavirus period, we provided aid that was 5th in the world in relation to GDP. We are trying to exhaust the margins, we have workers who are being pressured, who were pressured before and are being pressured now,” the minister stressed.

The Greek Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Kostis Hatzidakis, announced that, last year, 225,000 outstanding pensions were distributed, an all-time record

It is clear from the discussions that the representatives of the creditors will be more demanding this time around than in their first post-bailout evaluation.

The minimum wage provision was passed by SYRIZA, the Independent Greeks, main opposition New Democracy, and the Centrists’ Union.

The Minister of Labor Giorgos Katrougalos underlined that the coalition government...

The current minimum wage of young people may soon change, as the Expert Group...

A series of meetings have been arranged between the international committee on experts – which was jointly formed by the...

The Labor Institute of the general worker confederation GSEE has published a study on guaranteed employment proposal...

The Minister of Labor Panagiotis Skourletis announced that the restoration of the minimum wage will be carried in two phases...

The Minister of Labor Panagiotis Skourletis announced that the first minimum wage increase will take place within 2015, as part...

The Minister of Labor Panagiotis Skourletis announced that he is preparing a draft bill which will aim to restore the minimum wage...

The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE) is in favor of the government’s proposal to gradually restore the...

The Minister of Labor and Social Solidarity Panos Skourletis announced that he intends to immediate restore the minimum wage...

SYRIZA candidate Dimitris Stratoulis told the Athens-Macedonia News Agency that his party has prepared its first eight bills...

The International Monetary Fund appears to have set its sights on the minimum wage in Greece, as a recently-published report...

The president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras met with the presidency of GSEE and the Executive Committee of ADEDY on Tuesday...

The Minister of Labor Yannis Vroutsis spoke to the Bloomberg news agency and expressed his estimation that the accumulative 5% reduction of...

The next five days will be critical, as the Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras returns to Athens today and is tasked with completing all negotiations with the troika ...

The Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) was been prompted to clarify that the opinions of its president do not reflect those of the Center ...