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What has changed since the New Year in salaries, contributions, compensations, dismissals

By Dimitris Katsaganis

New Year 2022 brought three new changes for salaries, contributions, compensations and dismissals. The first change is the increase of the minimum wage by 2%, the second is the saving of contributions in favor of supplementary insurance in individual “piggy banks” of those insured for the first time and the third is the equalization of severance pay between employees and craftsmen.

More detail:

Minimum wage increase by 2%

By decision of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hatzidakis – following the agreement expressed by the Council of Ministers last July after a relevant proposal of the then competent Minister – the legal minimum wage and the legal minimum are determined according to the current legislation. , for full-time employment, for employees and craftsmen across the country, as follows:

-For employees the minimum wage is increased by 2% and is set at 663 euros from 650 euros previously.

-For craftsmen the minimum wage is also increased by 2% and is set at 29.62 euros from 29.04 euros previously.

Inclusion of new entrants in the new auxiliary

The contributions of the insured (3.25% on the gross salary) and the employers (3.25% on the gross salary) are paid monthly and are paid at regular intervals.

The total of the insurance contributions to be paid to the Auxiliary Capital Insurance Fund (TEKA) is computerized in a distinct way from the contributions concerning the Auxiliary Insurance Branch of e-EFKA.

The contributions related to the auxiliary insurance are collected on behalf of TEKA by e-EFKA, according to the procedures applied for the collection of the contributions of the Auxiliary Insurance Branch of this body and then are returned within two months from the collection and as a priority to Cash desk.

If the insurance contributions related to the supplementary insurance are paid overdue by the obligor, they are charged with the interest and surcharges provided for the compulsory insurance contributions.

The receivables of the Auxiliary Capital Insurance Fund (TEKA) for overdue contributions are collected in accordance with the Public Revenue Collection Code (KEDE) by the Insurance Debt Collection Center (KEAO) and the provisions of the EFA are applied proportionally. These receivables are classified as immediately receivable and are collected on a priority basis.

If the overdue insurance contributions are not paid, the provisions on criminal sanctions apply.

Especially for the overdue insurance contributions to TEKA, the criminal prosecution of the debtors is not suspended by their settlement or partial payment and the full repayment is a mandatory reason for the elimination of the crime.

The payment by the employer to the Fund of all the overdue contributions of the employee and the employer constitutes a condition for the valid termination of the employee’s employment relationship or contract.

Equation of compensations between employees – craftsmen

All discrimination between employees and craftsmen regarding the pre-appointment period and the termination of employment contracts is abolished.

Also, any other provision that governs the termination of the contract or employment relationship of the employees is abolished, they also apply to the craftsmen.

For the application of the present, the monthly salary of the craftsman is considered to be 22 salaries.

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Source From: Capital

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