All the terms for kindergartens in business

Of Dimitris Katsaganis

A countdown for the implementation of a pioneering program – for the Greek data – started the day before yesterday.

The reason for the action called “creation of babysitting facilities within businesses”, which is provided for in a bill which brought to public consultation the Minister of Labor, Kostis Hatzidakis.

This is an action, the financing of 120 companies for the creation and equipment of childcare space for employees, aged from 6 months to 2 years and 6 months, within the facility in which they operate, as well as for the staffing of the space with up to 2 babysitters / assistant nurses or professionals in related specialties, for a period of 24 months.

Beneficiaries of the Action can be, inter alia, any private company – employer of the private sector, which carries out regular economic activity and employs, under any contractual regime, at least 100 people or in the facility.

In detail, the relevant bill provides the following:

* Action “Creation of babysitting facilities within businesses” – Purpose and object

An Action entitled “Creation of babysitting facilities within enterprises” is adopted (“Action”). The Implementing Agency is the General Secretariat for Demographic and Family Policy and Gender Equality of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, with funding coming from EU funds from the Recovery and Resilience Fund.

The aim of the Action is to harmonize family and professional life and to strengthen women’s participation in the labor market through:

(a) the provision of complementary infant care services and the creation of friendlier workplaces for young parents and, in particular, for women; and

b) the creation of new jobs in the field of infant care.

The object of the Action is the financing of 120 companies for the creation and equipment of childcare space for employees, aged from 6 months to 2 years and 6 months, within the facility in which they operate, as well as for the staffing of the space with up to 2 babysitters / assistant nurses or professionals of related specialties, for a period of 24 months, with the obligation to maintain the space and staff positions for another 24 months, after the end of the funding period.

* Beneficiaries and beneficiaries of the Action entitled “Creation of babysitting facilities within companies” – Minimum conditions for inclusion

Beneficiaries of the Action entitled “Creation of babysitting facilities within businesses” (“Action”) are:

– Any private company – employer of the private sector, which carries out regular economic activity and employs, under any contractual regime, at least 100 people or in the installation of which at least 100 people are employed, under any contractual regime.

– More private companies – employers of the private sector, which carry out regular economic activity in the premises of a larger facility, which employs, under any contractual status, at least one hundred (100) people.

Minimum conditions for companies to join the Action are the following:

– The company to be classified in the DG Category (low) risk according to article 10 of the Code of Laws for the health and safety of employees.

An enterprise that is classified in the NW or AD Category (medium or high risk) of the above Code or, although it belongs to the DG Category, includes individual works and farms of higher risk, may be included in the Action, provided that the storage space operates in an installation is not affected by the production process of the company and is free, according to the occupational risk report, from exposure to physical, chemical or biological agents. If it is an industry / craft, it can join the Action if, apart from the above, there is no other industrial or craft facility within 500 meters.

In any case, companies whose activity falls under the provisions of no. 172058 / 11.2.2016 joint decision of the Ministers of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, Economy, Development and Tourism, Labor, Social Security and Social Solidarity, Health, Finance and Environment and Energy, on the establishment of rules, measures and conditions for dealing with large area in facilities or units, due to the presence of hazardous substances.

– The company to comply with the legislation on health and safety of employees and, in particular, the provisions of K.N.Y.A.E., as well as the decisions issued under its authority, and not to have been imposed on burden of any sanction for violation of the above legislation for at least 2 years prior to the submission of the application for membership in the Action.

-The company must have in force all the licenses required in accordance with the current legislation for the legal exercise of its activity and for the operation of the facility in which the storage space is to be created.

– The storage space to meet the requirements provided herein, in the decisions issued under its authority and in the terms of the relevant Call for Expressions of Interest.

The above conditions must be met throughout the Action.

Beneficiaries of the Action are parents of a child, aged from 6 months to 2 years and 6 months, who are employed under any contractual regime, in the facility in which the storage space is created, regardless of other benefits they are entitled to receive or receive from the employer for child care.

The use of custody services by the beneficiary parents does not fall under the employer’s benefits that are included in determining their remuneration.

The General Secretariat for Demographic and Family Policy and Gender Equality of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs issues a public Call for Expressions of Interest, inviting interested companies and employers to apply.

* Organization, operation and staffing of the nursery in the context of the implementation of the Action entitled “Creation of babysitting in businesses”

The purpose of the storage space in the context of the implementation of the Action entitled “Creation of storage spaces for infants within businesses” is the daily care, care, daily nutrition, employment of infants during the working time of the parent.

During the stay of the baby in the care area, he is provided with basic care, nutrition and employment, according to the instructions and instructions of the parent. The parent takes care of the supply of the necessary clothing and the necessary meals of the child, during his stay in the storage area.

The storage area must meet the existing fire safety and fire protection requirements, and must have adequate natural light and ventilation. The health and safety of staff, the hygiene of staff and children, the health and safe access and stay of children must be ensured in the care area.

The staffing of the storage area is done by babysitters or babysitters’ assistants or professionals of related specialties.

The storage area operates during the days and hours of operation of the facility in which it is located, to serve the needs of the people employed in it.

The control for the observance of the health and safety rules of the staff of the storage area, the rules of hygiene and safety of the infants and the rules of legal operation of the facility in which the storage area is located is exercised by the competent bodies as provided in the current legislation.

The control for the observance of the terms and conditions of inclusion in the Action, in accordance with the provisions hereof and the relevant Call for Expressions of Interest, is exercised by the competent body of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and any other competent body provided in the current European and national legislation. to the actions and projects of the Recovery Fund.