Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-07-24
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[01] Gov't defends industrial relations bill
[01] Gov't defends industrial relations bill
Employment Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos again defended a government
bill on industrial relations that has brought criticism from both
unions and employers.
In an interview to the Vima on Sunday newspaper, the minister rejected
criticism by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece that the
legislation was the result of a pact between the government and the
Federation of Greek Industry (SEB) that benefitted employers.
Instead, the new measures righted decades of injustice, Panayiotopoulos
said.
Last week, SEB criticised the bill, saying it still failed to bring
Greece on a par with other European Union countries in terms of labour
law and industrial relations.
The bill merely corrected an earlier law, which was scarcely
implemented, according to SEB.
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