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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-22Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Labour market reforms to top agenda of government's talks with institutions on SundayLabour market reforms will be the main topic discussed in talks between the Greek government and the institutions on Sunday. The two sides will also discuss the business environment, the draft bill for the out-of-court settlement on non-performing loans and the draft bills on plastic money and the voluntary disclosure of undeclared income.The full schedule of meetings on Sunday is as follows: 11:00- 12:00 – Overview - Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis, Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis. 12:00- 13:00 – Business environment – Tsakalotos and Stathahkis 14:00- 15:30 – Out-of-court settlement – Tsakalotos, Stathakis, General Secretary for Public Revenues Giorgos Pitsilis and representatives from the bank of Greece and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund. 15:30-17:00 – Taxation – Tsakalotos, Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis, Pitsilis 17:30- 19:00 – Labour market – Labour Minister George Katrougalos [02] Labour minister to ANA: Talks with lenders will not be easy but will improve existing situationNegotiations between the government and the representatives of the institutions on labour market reforms will not be easy but will eventually improve the existing situation, Labour Minister George Katrougalos told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Saturday, a day ahead of the talks in Athens."It's a negotiation which, without being easy, I believe in the end will improve significantly the existing situation which is a labour jungle," he said. The meeting on Sunday will set the basis of the negotiations on three topics: collective labour agreements, mass layoffs and the union law, he said, adding that there will possibly be an agreement on some issues which concern legality. "Just as we have said we will respect the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on mass layoffs, we believe it's evident that the other side will respect the decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights which has already ruled […] that the minimum wage for the young is contrary to the European social map," Katrougalos said. He also said the second base for discussion is the report by the European Parliament's Committee of Independent Experts. "Based on these two methodological principles, we will discuss all the issues," he added. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |