Ministry of Labour

The new members of the government were sworn in on Wednesday afternoon, in a ceremony held in the presence of President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Twelve of the new ministers took a civil oath of office, while seven participated in a short religious swearing-in ceremony led by an Orthodox cleric.

National leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea announced on Monday that no action had been taken or would be taken at the level of the party leadership to lead to the nationalisation or dismantling of pension pillar II.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has ordered the establishment of an e-Government steering committee under a decision published on Monday in the Official Journal.

Romanians will have the right to ask their employers to let them work from home, and still enjoy the same rights as any employees working in an office, under a new law adopted on Wednesday.

The bill was submitted last year by the Ministry of Labour and was inspired by similar legislation in Japan, according to the Minister of Labour, Lia Olguta Vasilescu.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras arrived at the Ministry of Labour a little after 10 am on Monday in the morning within the framework of his summer meetings with state officials and in effort to coordinate actions of his cabinet for better results.

The terrorist organization Group of People’s Fighters (OLA) assumed responsibility for the bombing of the Eurobank offices on Santaroza Street on April 19, but also for the bomb attempt at the Ministry of Labour on December 12, 2016. The terrorists are trying to justify the two bombs by making a lengthy economic analysis.

Serbia will have four non-working days this year for Easter and Labor Day, the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs has announced.

Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 16, while non-working days are Friday, April 14, and Monday, April 17.

The scheduled protest of pensioners in front of the Ministry of Labour is underway, with thousands of elderly citizens voicing their anger against the law that slashed their supplementary pensions, which took effect on November 1.

The contract employees of social infrastructures of local self-government organization (ΟΤΑ) protest outside the Ministry of Labour claiming that they have not been paid for six months.

Greek pensioners have organized a protest rally for the new bill on pensions and social security reforms that the government proposes.

Many pensioners are protesting outside the Ministry of Labour asking the government not to proceed to further pension cuts and to restore the pensions demanding also access to free health system to be able to leave with dignity.