With letters sent to the Ministers of National Economy and Finance Mr. Kostis Hatzidakis and Ms. Domna Michailidou of Labor and Social Security, ESEE addresses requests for: First, the extension to retail trade by 1 month, i.e. until April 30, of the general deadline for the interconnection of POS with the cash systems in order to harmonize with the corresponding period of those businesses that acquire All in One devices. Secondly, a reasonable extension of time to the relevant deadline for the full implementation of the Digital Work Card – which was set for the beginning of May in order to give entrepreneurs the necessary time to cope with the multiple demands of the operational transition.

In particular, with regard to the mandatory interconnection of POS with cash systems, clear evidence of the practical inability of businesses to respond to the current schedule is the fact that recently the tax administration sent 136,700 electronic messages to those of them who have not yet fulfilled the relevant obligation , for reasons for which they are not responsible such as: particularly limited availability of technical support providers, minimal to zero appointments available, technical problems and weaknesses in the connection and networking of POS and cash systems.

Accordingly, issues such as the procurement of hardware, the selection of the appropriate software, the preparation of the accounts, the availability of specialized technicians and the training of personnel, in order to avoid mistakes that may even cost the viability of the business, are challenges in the field of application. of the Digital Job Card in retail, which have not been sufficiently addressed so far.

ESEE considers the interconnection of POS with cash registers and the Digital Labor Card as extremely important issues for the protection of healthy competition and regularity in the labor market, which is why it carries out continuous information actions for its members throughout Greece . In this context, it calls on the leaderships of the relevant Ministries to accept the requested time extensions, in order to deal with the real problems of connection and implementation, the resolution of which currently exceeds the capabilities of businesses.