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Support measures to address the consequences of the Covid-19 Coronavirus as regards employment and enterprises | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Press conference – 3 September 2020 In the context of the instructions by the President of the Republic and the constant review procedure for measures taken to address the crisis on account of the pandemic, with a view to supporting both the workers who have lost their employment or full employment as well as their enterprises, the functioning of which has been affected by the impact of the virus, the Council of Ministers approved, today, the following Proposal of the Minister of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance and the Minister of Finance: 1. The implementation of the following Special Plans being applied by the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance are extended until 31st October 2020, inclusive:
2. The following are to be announced and implemented by the Human Resources Development Authority (HRDA): (a) Special Schemes for the Training of Employees to the amount of €14 million for the period beginning after the end of October 2020, aiming to enable 1,000 Small and Medium Enterprises, which have sustained substantial reduction in their turnover due to the pandemic, to train on average once a month their employees with the training cost being covered by the Scheme (€12 per hour for a total of 200 hours of training) and (b) A Programme is introduced for the Professional Training of Unemployed (focusing on Unemployed in the Hotel Sector), amounting to €7 million. 3. Schemes are announced and implemented by the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance concerning the Subsidisation of the Payroll Cost for the Recruitment of Unemployed Personnel for the period beginning after the end of October 2020, by making use of the European Social Fund as follows:
4. The Special Plans for Full and Part-time Suspension of Business Activities implemented by the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance for Hotels and Tourism Related Enterprises are modified and implemented for the period from November 2020 until March 2021, following social consultation. 5. Certain businesses are specifically supported after the end of October 2021 as well, depending on the pandemic data, and 6. The employees’ rights are protected against any unilateral decisions not in line with the statutory procedures of the Trade Relations Code and the Protection of Wages Law through continuous checks and measures, concerning counter-incentives for the companies, as for instance the exclusion from Special Plans or other measures, implemented by the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance. The implementation cost for the Special Plans until October 2020 amounts to €50 million while that of the additional Training and Recruitment of Unemployed Plans amount to €56 million. (EK) |
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