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Labour min will meet the heads of social insurance funds

Labour min will meet the heads of social insurance funds

Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis will meet today 31/10/2014, with the heads of social insurance funds.

Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis on Friday, 31/10/2014 will meet with the heads of social insurance funds.

This is the first such meeting after the voting of the new amendment for the repayment of arrears to the funds.

According to sources, the minister during the meeting is expected to give detailed directions to the heads of the insurance organizations for the effective implementation of the new amendment.

Arrears to social security funds amount to 11.3 billion euros, with some 858 businesses owing money to IKA social security funds and 211,739 self-employed to OAEE fund. The Labour ministry estimates that 97.7 percent of debtors are able to meet the terms of the new amendment.