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Govt takes up fiscal requests with EU as pressure over min wage, main homes mounts
Politicsthe pressure over increases to the minimum wage and the imminent expiry of the scheme protecting main... than banks because they are not weighed down by the lenders’ capital concerns. Minimum wage Another issue over which SYRIZA is trying to put ND in a tight spot is the discussion over the minimum wage
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Tsipras tries to put PM on spot by pushing for 800-euro min wage
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros and for the consumption tax on fuel to be lowered as counter... of the interview was Tsipras’s call for the minimum wage to be raised to 800 euros. During the summer, the government announced a minimum wage increase of 2 pct, taking the basic salary level to 663 euros from
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek Politics-expected hike to the minimum wage became the latest in a series of measures to promise further... that the minimum wage would be raised on April 1, a month earlier than scheduled. The announcement came after... than the eurozone average. The latest raise is expected to bring the minimum wage to at least 751
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After pay rises in armed forces, PM faces calls for broader wage increases
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter announcing wage increases for members of the armed forces last week, Prime Minister Kyriakos... for similar wage increases for the police, fire service and coast guard. These requests threaten... until the recent reshuffle, led the calls for the wage increases to be extended to other uniformed
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No imminent decision on pension cuts as Athens moves ahead with minimum wage increase
EconomyProgrammefor a meeting of socialist finance ministers. Minimum wage In the meantime, the government is stepping up its efforts to facilitate an increase in the minimum wage. Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou said... that the minimum wage will be increased from January. This would be accompanied by the scrapping
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Newsletter 191 -25/01/2018
to the creditors plans for the increase to the minimum wage and scrapping of the sub-minimum wage... an increase of around 8 percent in the minimum wage, taking it from the current 586 euros per month to just... the textile industry, which wrote to the Labour Ministry asking for the minimum wage to increase
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SYRIZA fails to make any friends with new public sector wage grid
PoliticsGreek Politicswage grid, which are due to be voted on in Parliament on Tuesday evening. The changes are part... grades, different wage evolution subject to the employee’s education and assessment, and increase... are on the way, the government is legislating wage increases for civil servants
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Employment and wage data explains why Greeks struggle to see growth dividends
Agorawage, some troubling data was brought up in the public debate, mostly from the research arm of Greece... shows that, based on last year’s minimum wage of 780 euros, 31 pct of workers - or 710,000 people... report where Greece has the third worst real wage in 35 OECD countries. Given these challenging
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Labour Ministry 2015 data shows increase in employment, marginal drop in average wage
Economy. The average monthly gross wage (including full and part-time employment) fell by 2.2 percent to 1,019... to 1,000 euros, 2 out of 10 between 1,000 and 1,500 euros and almost 17 percent a monthly wage above 1,500
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Higher number of firms and employees, increased average wage in private sector in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomybetween 10 and 35 hours per week. The average monthly wage (including full and part-time employment... 1,000 and 1,500 euros and more than 16 percent a monthly wage above 1,500 euros. Almost half
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