Minimum wage increase
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The representatives of the social partners (employers and trade union associations) in their first trilateral meeting with the government on Wednesday supported an increase of the minimum wage, though the employers expressed certain reservations relating to wage progression and social insurance contributions.
All representatives welcomed the resumption of the social dialogue after five years and asked for the restitution of the National General Collective Labour Agreement, as well as for social partners being enabled to decide upon all issues without any intervention.
The private sector labour union GSEE described the government’s proposals as being totally in line with the unions’ demands, while employers expressed reservations on a couple of issues, including high non-wage costs.
Vassilis Korkidis, president of the Greek commerce confederation (ESEE), made a rather impressive statement, referring to 800,000 undeclared employees and 2 billion euro annual losses for the social insurance funds.
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