By S. Papapetros
Greek Deputy Labor Minister Anastasios Petropoulos detailed the government’s proposal – in an interview with “N”, published on Monday – for a 120-month installment plan to cover arrears owed by self-employed professionals and craftsmen to social security funds.
Petropoulos, in answer to a press question, left open the possibility of the relief measure being extended to businesses, such as ones established as societe anonyme enterprises in Greece, a form of public limited companies.
Additionally, he said the ministry’s proposals is that anyone with arrears exceeding 6,000 euros is eligible for the 120-installment plan, i.e. a process over 10 years.
At the same time, Petropoulos, a law firm partner that specialized in labor law and social security funds, said a draft law will include strict timetables for covering arrears. He also put the minimum monthly payment for covering arrears to all funds – excluding the one-time farmers’ pension fund (OGA) – at 50 euros.
Petropoulos said the proposal aims at some 80,000 people with arrears to funds.
He said a relevant draft bill will coincide with the unveiling of an electronic platform on the unified social security fund (EFKA) for interested parties to file their application, a date he put in the second half of March 2019.
