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"The Council of Ministers at its meeting today approved three bills to deal more effectively with illegal and undeclared work, as part of the government's policy to better regulate the labour market.
The bills provide, on the one hand, for the use of technology through the electronic recording of the conditions of employment of all workers and, on the other hand, for the tightening of penalties through the possibility of imposing extrajudicial fines.
Specifically, it will become mandatory to register specific data of all new and existing employees in the information system "ERGANI" of the Ministry of Labour, while an extrajudicial fine of €1000 will be imposed for each case of illegal and undeclared employment, which will increase for repeated violations.
It is also noted that a bill has been prepared regarding the liability of the main contractors for cases of their subcontractors where illegal and undeclared work is detected, as well as for cases of persons who leave the workplace during inspections by the competent services, obstructing the exercise of control, which will be used if it is established in the coming period that the trend detected continues to be upward and alarming, so that the measures taken can be escalated accordingly.
At the same time, it is noted that increased controls are underway to combat this malpractice and we expect that the additional legislative tools will contribute substantially to the achievement of the objectives set.
Furthermore, it is noted that, in order to enable a methodical approach to illegal and undeclared work, the possibility for employers to obtain information on the residence status of foreign workers has previously been ensured through the interconnection of the databases of the competent services and the process of assessing applications for work permits for third-country nationals has been significantly accelerated, together with the maximum possible use of available domestic human resources.
The bills will be immediately submitted to the House of Representatives and in cooperation with the Parliamentary Committee on Labour, we will seek to conclude the debate as soon as possible.
Illegal and undeclared work has multiple negative impacts on our country and its upward trend requires drastic measures to be taken."
(GG/NYAN)
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