Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2010, publiée 100ème session CIT (2011)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report received on 18 November 2009 concerning developments which had taken place until 31 May 2009 (notably the reorganization of the employment services of the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) through the creation of 121 one-stop-shops at local level (Act No. 3144/2003, Act No. 3518/2006 and Ministerial Decision No. 80030/2007), as well as the reorganization of the Labour Inspectorate (SEPE) (Act No. 3762/O.G.75A/15.05.2009).

The Committee refers to its comments under the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), with regard to the observations communicated by the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) with the support of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on the impact of the measures introduced in the framework of the mechanism to support the Greek economy.

The Committee notes in this regard that the abovementioned measures involve drastic wage cuts in the public sector including parastatal agencies and enterprises, freezes in the recruitment of public servants for the year 2010 and restrictions in this regard for the years 2011–13, as well as commitments to reduce the number of public employees, and introduce reforms in human resource management in the public administration (Act No. 3833/2010 on the “Protection of the national economy – Emergency measures to tackle the fiscal crisis” and updated report on the Memorandum of Understanding and the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policy published on 6 August 2010).

The Committee will examine the comments by the GSEE along with the Government’s reply thereto, and the Government’s report at its next session. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify the impact of the public sector reform on the status, material means and resources of the staff of the labour administration with regard to the requirements established in Article 10 of the Convention.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]