Arrangements for dealing with pandemic problems for hotel staff, which last year effectively shut down the tourism industry, were decided at yesterday's meeting of the Minister of Labor with the social partners, which took place at the offices of the CCCI.
According to information from "F", These regulations provide that the unemployment benefit, which will be paid to the permanent staff of the hotel units that will be suspended this winter, will not be calculated on the basis of the income they had in 2020 when the industry was underperforming, but exceptionally on the basis of the incomes they had in 2019, if they were higher.
It is noted that the total benefits of the Social Security Services are calculated based on the contributions of the previous year. In the case of hotel employees for the payment of unemployment benefits, in view of the suspension of work for the winter period, the contributions and income of 2020 would be calculated, a year when the majority of hotel employees did not work and were supported by special plans of the Ministry of Labor.
Therefore, it was decided yesterday the calculation of the allowance to take into account the highest income that employees had between the years 2019 and 2020.
The problem that arises and which, as everything shows, is going to be solved, was recently highlighted by the hotel staff union of PEO, SYXKA PEO, the chairman of the Labor Committee of the Parliament Andreas Kafkalias with a relevant letter sent to the Minister of Labor, while this was just discussed last Friday and in a meeting that the president of DISY Averof Neophytou had with the Minister of Labor Zeta Aimilianidou. "I must say that we have been discussing an issue with the president of the Democratic Alarm for several days.
The issue of the anguish of thousands of workers in the hotel industry, in the tourist areas, at the airports, who due to the fact that for a long time they received 60% of their salary without working overtime, now concerned them if they would have 60% of 60 % they were getting…
"On Monday, I called on all social partners to see and hear their own views, because the important thing is that no worker is left without income during the winter season," the Minister of Labor said last Friday, referring to the meeting that took place yesterday. and where as we mentioned it was decided as a solution to the problem the calculation of contributions and income of 2019 for the payment of this year's allowances for those hotel employees who join the work suspension plans that have been implemented for many years after the relevant agreement of the social partners.
Arrangement for hotel staff who are not permanent
At yesterday's meeting of the Minister of Labor with the social partners eways of covering the staff of the hotels that are not permanent and that will not be able to benefit from the work suspension plans were also examined. In order to cover the specific employees It was decided to have specific programs from the HRDA, in which hotel employees will join in order to ensure a specific allowance for them as well.
In the meeting that the Minister had with the social partners, the possibility of joining the agreement / plans for winter suspension of works and other professions and companies related to tourism due to the expiration of the extraordinary support plans of the Ministry of Labor was also discussed. For this and other issues discussed yesterday, the minister reportedly referred the social partners to decisions to be taken at the level of the Council of Ministers, while it is not ruled out that the implementation of any arrangements may require an agreement between unions and employers' organizations.
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