Awarding of EFKA employees with the best performance in the issuance of pensions

The 1st Award Ceremony of the Employees of EFKA with the best performance in the de-escalation of outstanding pensions took place today in the presence of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hatzidakis at the Serafio of the Municipality of Athens.

At the event, a total of 23 awards were given to those employees, working groups and management of EFKA who presented the best performance in issuing new pensions. These employees contributed catalytically to zeroing the backlog of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, while at the same time the final treatment of the remaining overdue main pensions within the summer is underway.

At the same time, as Kostis Hatzidakis mentioned in his speech, the issue of new pensions in May reached 30,000, which is an all-time record for EFKA and reflects the progress that has been made in recent months.

In detail, 23 awards were given in 6 categories of awards based on quantitative and qualitative data obtained from the EFKA Control Tower for the electronic monitoring of outstanding pensions.

Indicatively awarded:

-The Regional Coordination and Support Service-PYS of Epirus & Corfu for the reduction of arrears of main pensions by 51.5% within 15 months
-The PYSY of Western Greece for the reduction of outstanding main pensions by 52.8% within 15 months
-The PYSY of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace for the reduction of outstanding main pensions by 61.7% within 15 months
-NAT for the reduction of main pension arrears by 73.3% within 15 months
-TSAV for the reduction of outstanding main pensions by 71.8% within 15 months
-The Team of the former TAP- PPC – Included Funds for the reduction of outstanding main pensions by 70.8% within 15 months–
-The rapporteur Mrs. Thomopoulou Maria of the Team of the former IKA of the A ‘Directorate of Awards with m.o. decisions 90 / month
-The rapporteur Ms. Balani Chrysoula of the Team of the former TAP OTE of the ED Directorate of Awards with average of Decisions 161.4 / month
-The rapporteur Ivanoudis Vassilios of the Group of the former OGA Disability with average decisions 87 / month
-The rapporteur Mrs. Eugenia Vardalahaki, of the Team of the former OGA of the DG Local Directorate of Heraklion, Crete with m.o. Decisions 59.2 / month
-The rapporteur Mrs. Eleni Angelopoulou, of the former OGA Group of the Local Management of Achaia with average Decisions 57.7 / month
-The rapporteur Mrs. Eleni Chiropoulou, of the Team of the former OGA, of the Local Directorate of Rodopi with average Decisions 58 / month.

The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis, noted in his speech, among other things: We reached 225,000 awards in 2021, while in 2020 we had 161,000 awards and in 2019 123,000. In May, the main pension issues will reach 30,000, something that has never happened in EFKA. We zeroed the outstanding pensions for the years 2016 2017, 2018. And in the next few days we will close 2019. The outstanding pensions of 2020 and 2021 will be cleared within the summer, and from September the EFKA forces will focus on the immediate de-escalation of overdue supplementary pensions. result of both the employees who worked more systematically and the actions and policies we implemented in digital, administrative and administrative level. The new logic of incentives and controls will be our compass from now on. And today’s award for the best employees and structures of EFKA is part of this logic. Some will try to find a contradiction. How is it that Hatzidakis criticizes EFKA and the employees and on the other hand rewards them. Those who precede and say it are unaware that the logic of incentives and controls is part of a modern administration! Reward on the one hand those who do their job well and motivate them to become even better. “On the other hand, to control and hold accountable those who insist on staying behind an old counterproductive logic.”

Undersecretary of Labor Panos Tsakloglou said: “When the Prime Minister gave me the post of Undersecretary of Labor almost three years ago, the problem of outstanding pensions seemed almost unsolvable. But with methodical actions at all levels, organizational, technological, administrative, and with the collective effort of the political leadership, the Administration and, of course, the EFKA employees, incredible progress has been made since then.

Undeniable witness, the number of retirement decisions that have been issued – both in total and per former fund – and even in particularly difficult conditions, such as those of the pandemic. Using all available tools and, in particular, the recently passed provisions on “fast tack pensions” and “trust pensions”, we estimate that the bulk of the remaining main outstanding pensions will be cleared in the summer “.

The Governor of EFKA Panagiotis Doufexis stated: “Today we honor for the first time the people who support the social security system of our country by giving daily battle with pathogens of years in order to issue the pensions of the citizens as soon as possible. They are literally the people of the” front line ” managed – in adverse conditions – with an insurance history that has not been fully digitized, with information systems of the former Funds that did not “talk” to each other to bring amazing results in terms of de-escalation of pending issues. by the Social Policy Exercise Body a quality, European level, service “.

The employees of EFKA were awarded by the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hatzidakis, the Deputy Minister of Labor Panos Tsakloglou, the General Secretary of Social Insurance Pavlina Karasiotou, the Governor of EFKA Panagiotos Doufaxos Atsaves, the Deputy Governors of EFKA Alexandros Varveris, Nikos Chourdakis, George Gratsios and Nikos Pagonis and the head of the Project Team for pensions Michalis Kefalogiannis.