“Workers’ preparation time will not be included in working time”, clarified Niki Kerameos chatting with the Plenary of the Parliament within the context of topical questions from the KKE and the New Left, relating to a round relating to the digital work card and its utility framework.
He reiterated that there is no such thing as a query of extending working hours as argued by the opposition and referred to the everlasting jurisprudence of the Supreme Court docket since 1965.
The truth is, because the minister identified, that is additionally explicitly talked about on the web site of the Labor Inspection of the Unbiased Authority, which she visited yesterday and mentioned with its leaders in regards to the ever-increasing controls and the marking of the Digital Labor Card.
Mrs. Kerameos referred to the statistics of the Labor Inspectorate, which present a big enhance in controls on the federal government of New Democracy. Particularly, in 2016, 51,700 checks have been carried out, in 2017, 51,900 checks have been carried out, in 2023, 74,031 checks, whereas for the primary half of 2024 alone, greater than 22 million euros in fines have been imposed by the Labor Inspectorate.
Versatile attendance of workers
Because the minister identified, versatile attendance has been institutionalized since 2022 and is supplied for within the regulatory framework of the Digital Work Card, which started to be carried out on July 1, 2022. “This round of 2024 doesn’t add something new,” stated Ms. Kerameos noting that versatile attendance requires an specific settlement between the worker and the employer and must be decided by the contract concluded between them and on the similar time declared to ERGANI. “Versatile attendance is a chance given to facilitate workers, if and so long as they need. A mom, why should not she have versatile attendance?”, requested the Minister, clarifying that it’s about versatile attendance and never versatile hours. “I wish to consider that everybody on this room and all of the events that we signify wish to make issues simpler for employees and defend employees’ rights.” Referring to the Digital Labor Card, the Minister clarified that it was established to guard the employee, to document his precise working time and to guard towards declared and undeclared work.
Managers
These are individuals who train managerial authority over different workers of the corporate, those that signify and bind the corporate to 3rd events, those that are members of the Board of Administrators, shareholders or companions and those that head departments, items, departments. These individuals, based mostly on labor legislation, are exempted from the appliance of the provisions of labor laws regarding working cut-off dates, eight hours, and many others. as the boundaries are incompatible with the positions and with the achievement of the obligations they’ve undertaken. Because the Minister identified, they’re exempt from the appliance of the Digital Work Card, nonetheless their working time is recorded within the digital group course of, whereas in addition they submit a declaration of adjustments in employment relationship info.
Kerameos for negligence of an worker to make use of the Digital Work Card
It’s foreseen that the worker could neglect to punch his work card 3 times a month. “It is a new measure, the reality is, it is being utilized for the primary time in our nation, it is a tradition change which we take into account essential for the safety of the worker”, famous Ms. Kerameos, stressing that these are three of the roughly 40 strikes which might be supplied month-to-month. “What do you intend, to high-quality the worker, who could have forgotten to punch the cardboard 3 occasions out of 40 in a month?”
Responding to the objections of a part of the opposition for the institution of a six-day work, Ms. Kerameos clarified that no such difficulty arises and that it’s a chance of an emergency shift in companies with steady operation and as well as with rolling shifts reminiscent of industries and factories. In instances the place there’s a rare shift, the worker’s earnings are elevated by 40% whether it is Saturday, by 115% whether it is Sunday, by 140% whether it is Sunday night time.
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