Welfare in Australia

Over 50% of supplementary pension applications that had been pending for years have been issued within the past two months, while the remaining almost 50% of pensioners still waiting are expected to receive their pension advance by the middle of next week, with an extraordinary lump-sum payment from the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA). 

Turkey has taken sweeping steps to cushion the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic to protect both employers and employees.

Any firm forced out of business due to a Force Majeure, such as the pandemic, can approach the government.

The government will pay 60% of the staff salaries for a period of three months.

The increased bereavement allowances due to some 60,000 recipients will finally be paid out by the end of September, as the agencies of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) have completed the necessary software adjustment.

Labor and Social Security Minister Effie Achtsioglou admitted on Tuesday that the government's ratification of the so-called Katrougalos law in 2016, named after the then labor minister, constituted an "institutional and political" reform of the pension system, though not in full compliance with a verdict from the Council of State deeming the 2012 pension cuts as being in violation of the Const

A government minister has ordered a review of the decision to release a jailed power executive on health grounds.

Some 500,000 self-employed professionals are being asked to pay three months' worth of social security contributions within June, as the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) has extended the payment deadline for April 2018 dues to June 8.

Pensioners who retired after May 12, 2016, do not qualify for the EKAS allowance for those on low pensions, even if they meet all the income and social requirements set for the benefit.

The management of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) on Thursday announced an extension to the deadline for the payment of January contributions and the submission of employment records until March 31 for all workers.

EFKA has also extended the period for the payment of February contributions to April 13.

Greece’s lenders request the EKAS allowance to be abolished earlier than it was first scheduled or change the income criteria for this year, so as more pensioners will not qualify for EKAS, in order to cover the gap of 100 million euros created after deciding the low pensioners will not be asked to return it retrospectively.