Employees with parallel employment are expected to see a benefit in the final amount of the pension, as planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

Specifically, in the context of the public consultation of the new labor bill, the Ministry is considering whether the marks from the second job can be counted in the insurance time of employees who are employed at the same time by two employers, which is not the case, until today.

So, the additional hours of parallel employment will have insurance compensation to the employee and will his ensure a higher pensionas the replenishment rate will increase, without, however, changing the required retirement age limits.

At the same time, with the insurance benefit that will be obtained by the employees who will choose to have parallel employment, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security seeks to combat undeclared and uninsured work.

It is recalled that, with a provision of the labor bill, work for more than one employer is legalized, without, however, affecting the supranational -already institutionalized- framework for the maximum working time limits, which must be strictly observed.

Today, in our country, a person is allowed to work for only two employers, as long as they have entered into corresponding part-time contracts. Conversely, it is illegal to work if one works for an employer full-time in the morning and performs a part-time job in the afternoon.

Now, the second job will be allowed, if someone wishes, while the minimum rest time will be maintained, which is 11 hours/24 hours (PD 88/1999).

In particular, this regulation provides for the following:

  • within a 24-hour period, only one full-time job and one part-time job at most,
  • the 40-hour/5-day work is not affected and
  • without prejudice to the maximum of 48 hours, which includes overtime and overtime, as an average over the four months of the reference period, as defined in PD 88/1999.

At the same time, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security is in the final stretch for the formulation of the legislative provision regarding the abolition of the 30% deduction in the pension of working pensioners, which will then be sent for approval to the Court of Auditors.

The aim is to reduce the burden on those pensioners who work or want to work.

According to information, with the promoted regulation, it is foreseen that working pensioners will receive their entire pension and a very small percentage will be withheld from their salary.

What is being considered, without, however, having made the final decisions, is to define a threshold, above which no withholding will be made, and a “ceiling”, so that the withholding does not exceed the amount that currently corresponds to the withholding of 30 % in pensions.

Finally, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security is working on another legislative regulation for the insured who are at the stage of retirement, but have debts to the EFKA.

Based on what has been reported, the main feature of the new provision is that it will attempt to single out strategic defaulters, that is, those who have money and do not pay. In this context, criteria will be established, such as the property status and the lifting of bank secrecy.