Working pensioners double in 2.5 months

The registration of working pensioners on the special electronic platform of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) has exceeded all expectations, already reaching 78,000, and is increasing by the day.

The surge in registrations has been attributed to the recent scheme that abolished the withholding of part of the pension and its replacement with a contribution to income from work to encourage people to declare their earnings.

According to Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Security Panos Tsakloglou, the number of registrations will soon reach 100,000 if the current pace of submissions continues on the platform, which has been operating for less than 2.5 months. 

Tsakloglou hailed the success of the scheme, stressing that under the previous regime, the pensioners who had declared that they continue to work numbered about 36,000.

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