“The progress that has been made in the issue of reducing the outstanding pensions is too great to go unnoticed”, said today the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Panos Tsakloglou, answering a topical question in the context of the parliamentary control.
According to an announcement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Tsakloglou presented specific data on the reduction of outstanding pensions, noting the following: 20 thousand, while our goal is to reach 30 thousand in the coming months.
As a result, despite the increased number of retirement applications in recent months, the number of main outstanding pensions, excluding international, has decreased from almost 170 thousand in the summer of 2019, including those that are still found “forgotten” in closets, drawers and bags, without registration and protocol number, to just over 120 thousand today, that is, we had a reduction of the stock of outstanding pensions by about 45-50 thousand “.
As Mr. Tsakloglou pointed out, “in some former funds the de-escalation of the outstanding pensions is spectacular”, stating the following data: 2020. In the former TAN the outstanding pensions amounted to almost 2,500, while today they do not exceed 700. In the former TSMEDE, while in 2019 less than 100 pensions were issued per month, today the average decision is 250. In NAT the average monthly maturity in recent months is 410 retirement cases per month, while in the previous three years it did not exceed 190 cases per month. Thus, while in 2017 the outstanding pensions to be granted were around 4,500, today they have been reduced by 56% “.
Also, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs characterized as important the contribution of certified professionals for the decongestion of outstanding pensions, saying that today the 179 who were certified are already working and last Friday, the second certification cycle began. As the administration of EFKA stressed in its announcement, Mr. Tsakloglou stated, “the institution of certified collaborators has come to stay”.
Then, according to the announcement, Mr. Tsakloglou answered a second topical question concerning “LARCO”, which is in a dire financial situation for the last 35 years. As the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs pointed out, “the government set as a primary goal the finding of a solution, in order to continue the operation of the mining company, which is important for the economy, and to create jobs”.
On this issue, Mr. Tsakloglou underlined, among other things, the following: “This is the reason why we chose the process of special management, as decided by Parliament with law 4664/2020, ie the creation of appropriate conditions for the smooth and transparent transfer of the company’s assets to a private investor – in operation. LARCO’s problems concern not only the Ministry of Labor, but also other relevant ministries: both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment and Energy, and in order to achieve the goal of saving jobs, it is necessary to find a reliable and serious investor and, until then, the company to remain in operation even under the status of special management “, concluded Mr. Tsakloglou.
“The progress that has been made in the issue of reducing the outstanding pensions is too great to go unnoticed”, said today the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Panos Tsakloglou, answering a topical question in the context of the parliamentary control.
According to an announcement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Tsakloglou presented specific data on the reduction of outstanding pensions, noting the following: 20 thousand, while our goal is to reach 30 thousand in the coming months. As a result, despite the increased number of retirement applications in recent months, the number of main outstanding pensions, excluding international, has decreased from almost 170 thousand in the summer of 2019, including those that are still found “forgotten” in closets, drawers and bags, without registration and protocol number, to just over 120 thousand today, that is, we had a reduction of the stock of outstanding pensions by about 45-50 thousand “.
As Mr. Tsakloglou pointed out, “in some former funds the de-escalation of the outstanding pensions is spectacular”, stating the following data: 2020. In the former TAN the outstanding pensions amounted to almost 2,500, while today they do not exceed 700. In the former TSMEDE, while in 2019 less than 100 pensions were issued per month, today the average decision is 250. In NAT the average monthly maturity in recent months is 410 retirement cases per month, while in the previous three years it did not exceed 190 cases per month. Thus, while in 2017 the outstanding pensions to be granted were around 4,500, today they have been reduced by 56% “.
Also, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs characterized as important the contribution of certified professionals for the decongestion of outstanding pensions, saying that today the 179 who were certified are already working and last Friday, the second certification cycle began. As the administration of EFKA stressed in its announcement, Mr. Tsakloglou stated, “the institution of certified collaborators has come to stay”.
Then, according to the announcement, Mr. Tsakloglou answered a second topical question concerning “LARCO”, which is in a dire financial situation for the last 35 years. As the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs pointed out, “the government set as a primary goal the finding of a solution, in order to continue the operation of the mining company, which is important for the economy, and to create jobs”.
On this issue, Mr. Tsakloglou underlined, among other things, the following: “This is the reason why we chose the process of special management, as decided by Parliament with law 4664/2020, ie the creation of appropriate conditions for the smooth and transparent transfer of the company’s assets to a private investor – in operation. LARCO’s problems concern not only the Ministry of Labor, but also other relevant ministries: both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment and Energy, and in order to achieve the goal of saving jobs, it is necessary to find a reliable and serious investor and, until then, the company to remain in operation even under the regime of special management “, concluded Mr. Tsakloglou.
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