K. Hatzidakis: The n / s of EFKA serves both the citizens and the employees of the Organization

The key aspects of the consulted bill for the modernization of EFKA were presented by the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hatzidakis today during a teleconference with the members of the Board of POSE-EFKA. The teleconference, on behalf of the Ministry and EFKA, was attended by the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Panos Tsakloglou, the General Secretary of Social Insurance Pavlina Karasiotou and the Governor of EFKA Panagiotis Doufexis.

In his statement, Mr. Hatzidakis referred to the sections included in the bill under consultation regarding the operation of EFKA, “sections that modernize the Organization, make it more flexible and more efficient and help it to cease to be the champion in complaints and citizens’ complaints to the Ombudsman “, as he stated. At the same time, he added that “the role of employees in this effort is crucial and this is recognized by the bill as it provides for a series of actions that significantly improve your daily life. “It should not take months to supply an air conditioner or a printer. The EFKA bill serves both the citizens and the employees of the Organization”, he stressed.

The bill includes provisions such as:
-The possibility of hiring General Managers and Directors with a three-year term (and the possibility of renewal once) from both the public and the private sector.

-Determines a productivity reward system throughout EFKA that gives additional incentives to employees to increase their efficiency.

– Complaints concerning EFKA are dealt with more systematically through the establishment of an independent Internal Investigation Unit headed by a former senior judge (Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court). Today, more than 1,200 complaints from citizens are waiting to be considered.

-Disciplinary procedures are accelerated, taking into account that the procedures in the Disciplinary Boards of EFKA currently have an average completion time of 2 years.

-The supply system becomes more flexible in order to put an end to phenomena, such as the untimely supply of consumables, spare parts and the difficulty of replacing obsolete equipment (eg PCs, air conditioners, etc.).

-The utilization of the real estate of EFKA is promoted through the establishment of a Special Purpose Company that will be subject to a strict corporate governance framework with increased guarantees of transparency and accountability, but also the possibility of utilizing the good practices of the private sector.

Most of the actions, in combination with the recent effort to renew the logistics infrastructure of employees with the installation of 3,000 new computers and the supply of 2,000 more by 2022, contribute to improving not only the overall operation of the Organization, but also in improving the daily lives and work of its thousands of employees.

Kostis Hatzidakis stressed that “EFKA can not be transformed into a modern, European-level Organization by investing in real estate. the real estate of EFKA and at the same time to bring know-how with new executives in positions of directors from both the private and the wider public sector in order to solve faster and definitively its chronic problems are observed.

The bill under consultation for the modernization of EFKA is our powerful weapon in leaving behind these pathogens. And if combined with the significant progress made in the issue of outstanding pensions and citizen service in 1555, then we can safely say that EFKA has the ability to leave behind what makes it the most problematic sector of Public Administration. and to fully meet the needs of both its citizens and its employees “.