Labour and Social Affairs Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on Tuesday announced that an amendment on the timetable of the deliberations with the social partners and experts regarding the minimum wage will be tabled in parliament in the following days.
"As we did last year, a balanced solution will be found that will lead to a substantial and fair increase of the minimum wage, which will combine two parameters: on one hand the pressure on households and on the other hand the competitiveness and resilience of businesses, which are also suffering as a result of the international crisis," clarified Hatzidakis.
On unemployment, he said that "we received it at 17.5 pct and today it is 11.4 pct. This 6.1 pct drop was not automatic but the result of the tax, fiscal, labour and insurance policy of the government".