Europe should reject the social protection and labour rights deregulation idea and choose the idea of salary increase and upgrading of the labour protection systems among its countries in order for the European building to be supported, noted Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou speaking at the 17th annual lecture of the Greek Observatory of the London School of Economics entitled “A new model for the Greek Labour Market”.
The minister presented the Greek government’s strategy on the upgrading of the labour market in Greece as an example of reforms with positive results, as the reduction of unemployment, of non-declared labour, the increase of the minimum wage and the restoration of the collective negotiations.
The minister said that the deregulation of the labour market that was followed during the first two adjustment programmes in Greece, until the end of 2014, brought a general displeasure which should stop being fuelled.
Achtsioglou said that the policies recently implemented in Greece constitute a good example. The solution to this issue is to see the problem and start to speak of an upwards harmonisation of the labour protection systems between the countries in order to support the European building.
Source: ANA-MPA
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