Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-01-03
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[01] Combating unemployment and undeclared work among the Labour
ministry's priorities
[01] Combating unemployment and undeclared work among the Labour
ministry's priorities
Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou on Tuesday in a press conference
presented the activities of the Labour ministry.
She underlined that targeted and effective checks are being made to
combat undeclared work.
Achtsioglou stated that tackling unemployment is also a critical
issue. "We will not stop because of the small reduction of undeclared
work," she said adding that "we have recently recorded the best
redundancy-recruitment balance."
Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou, Deputy Labour Minister Tassos
Petropoulos, the secretary general of the ministry Stella Vrakas and
the president of the single social security fund EFKA Athanassios
Bakalexis on held a joint press conference on the launch of the new
social security fund.
"The operation of EFKA marks the new year. EFKA unites all the insured
people. It protects the weakest ones. It reflects the social solidarity
that the country needs. EFKA belongs to everyone. No exceptions, no
discriminations. We are struggling for the sake of everyone. The previous
system was characterized by failure. It is time to change the system. A
new social security fund without inequalities and discrimination was
needed," Deputy Labour Minister Tassos Petropoulos earlier said.
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