The president of the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE) Vassilis Korkidis talked at an event organized by the Labour Ministry and EUROFOUND on social dialogue, held at Zappeio hall as part of the Greek EU presidency and said that there are five axes so that social partners can make proper use of the dialogue and maintain a minimum level of understanding

According to ESEE, Korkidis said, there should be an agreement on five points:

1. A substantive Social Dialogue is under the present circumstances an essential prerequisite to solve critical problems.

2. The institutional enhancement of the role of social partners will contribute to the strengthening of the Social Dialogue and the formulation of specific policy proposals.

3. Salaries in the private sector of the economy cannot be further reduced at a time when they contribute to consumption.

4. Reducing the high non-wage costs can increase net wages and boost the low levels of employment.

5. It is necessary to deal with the funding gap of our insurance fund with the freezing and the capitalization of the debt of the self-employed fund OAEE and subtract the corresponding insurance time from all ‘unemployed’ merchants.