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In eight new measures taken by the government to protect them employees and of unemployed in the middle of a pandemic, in retrospectively of retirees, but also in solving the problem that has arisen with their award pensions, mentioned among others the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Giannis Vroutsis.
Specifically, the Minister reiterated that:
1. The measure of suspension of employment contracts in the sectors of restoration, transport, tourism, sports, culture and for October is extended.
2. The duration of the “COOPERATION” employment support mechanism is extended until the end of the year.
3. Expired unemployment benefits are extended for two months.
4. The granting of unemployment benefits to seasonal workers in the tourism and food professions is facilitated by reducing the number of days of insurance required from 100 to 50.
5. The teleworking framework is extended until the end of the year.
6. Financial support is provided to artists, creators and professionals in art and culture, as well as to tourist guides, by granting compensation for special purposes.
7. An institutional framework is created to replace the employee’s absence time with quarantine.
8. A new special permit is introduced for parents due to the illness of their children with the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Giannis Vroutsis, speaking on a morning television show, also referred to retrospectively highlighting that after the issuance of the decision of the Council of State, the Government committed itself, as stated by the Prime Minister, that in 2020 the main pensions of the public and private sector for the 11 months in question are paid in a lump sum, to all retirees provided. This commitment will be implemented in 2020 and 2020 is the specific period that the Minister of Finance sees as soon as possible. “The more specific date is something that the prime minister has the privilege of announcing when he creates it, and where he should,” emphasized Mr Vroutsis, adding:
As we said at the beginning of the year that we will give the auxiliaries that were cut to 1,300 euros and we did it and the retrospectives of the auxiliaries and the new auxiliary were delivered, which now increases and stopped being cut to 1,300 euros, as we will give until the end of the year -in December we determined- the retrospectives of the main pensions for those over 30 years of age, according to the new compensatory law that we made, so we will implement the judicial decision that corresponds to eleven months ”.
About delays in granting pensions, The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs clarified that the problem has already been resolved for the future with the granting of automatic pensions.
“Already to date, 7000 pensions in two broad categories have been automatically withdrawn in a few seconds at the end of September, without human intervention. By the end of 2021, based on a specific schedule, 85% of pensions will be awarded in automatic way, “said Mr Vroutsis, and urged future retirees to extend their working life a little, adapt to the government’s schedule anymore Do not apply immediately, wait spring ’21 onwards, in which case the vast majority of pensions will be awarded automatically. He even added that as of February 22, all pensions will be awarded automatically.
by old retirees The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs stressed that “although there is no miracle”, there is a coordinated and organized process that has two faces: by freeing up its human resources and -EFKA from the new pensions, it will take care of the old ones. The speed of adjudication has already increased by 37.4%, the minister stressed, clarifying that pending issues will be over soon.
“It is the beginning of the end,” Mr. Vroutsis characteristically stated, announcing that the pending pensions farmers and widows will enter the “Atlas” system within the next two months and all will automatically exit. Then again as scheduled, the other categories will follow.
About EFKA contributions suspended due to the pandemic, Mr. Vroutsis emphasized that his payment will be made in 12 installments with an interest rate of 0%, or in 24 installments with an interest rate of 2.5%, starting in 2021. When He asked him when the payments would start. He replied that there is usually an alignment in the payments of insurance contributions with the prosecutors.
