- Phase
- Law 2956/2001 on labour force employment organisation
- Native name
- Νόμος 2956/2001 Οργανισμός Απασχόλησης Εργατικού Δυναμικού
- Type
- Redundant employees entitlement to public support
- Added to database
- 11 May 2015
Article
Chapter A, Articles 1-7
Description
In addition to granting benefits (unemployment, maternity, medical care and other aid), the labour force employment organisation (OAED) also aims to strengthen the provision of employment services to the unemployed and to develop policies and measures through targeted interventions to tackle unemployment. In particular:
- it implements employment programmes for the benefit of both businesses/employers and the employed/unemployed, such as business grant programmes for the employment and/or training of employees, employer's support programmes with subsidised social security contributions, subsidy programmes for young self-employed people, and business subsidy programmes for the hiring of young employees or those close to retirement age, among others;
- a main priority area for the organisation is to provide counselling services which constitute dynamic interventions to activate and mobilise the unemployed and to facilitate their entry into the labour market. The counselling services provided by the OAED consist of counselling and career guidance - namely, career management, job seeking counselling and entrepreneurial counselling; and
- other interventions, including direct hiring of staff for public works by municipalities, associations and public sector legal entities.
The above-mentioned measures are open to all unemployed people, not only to those affected by restructuring. In general, there are no restrictions, but some specific actions may target specific industries or categories of unemployed, such as people younger than 25 or older than 50, or persons with disabilities, and so on.
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Greece: Redundant employees entitlement to public support, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/redundant-employees-entitlement-to-public-support/greece