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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-08-23
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[01] Gov't: 150,000 civil servants to leave by 2015
[01] Gov't: 150,000 civil servants to leave by 2015
AMNA--A target for the reduction of 150,000 employees or more in
the core and wider public sector by 2015 was agreed upon by Finance
Minister Yannis Stounaras and Administrative Reform Minister Antonis
Manitakis, following a meeting on Wednesday on ways to effect cuts in
state spending.
Both ministers said such a target will be achieved mainly through a
different "reserve labour" scheme, namely, retirement of employees to
close to retirement age.
"Let us not stay with the words that separate us, but with the procedures
that unite us", the two ministers said, characteristically, after the
meeting. It was clarified that evaluation of structures and public sector
staff, along with a decrease in operational expenditures and costs aim
at a more effective, smaller and better quality public sector.amna
The savings will result from the difference between salary and average
pension, the latter being a portion of the salary. According to senior
officials of the two ministries, a target of 15,000 less employees in
the public sector remains valid for the current year.
Government officials stressed that everything is pending on approval
by the EC-ECB-IMF troika, whose top representatives return to Athens on
Sept. 5; a delegation of experts will arrive on Monday.
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