Giorgos Katrougalos

Representatives of employer associations and employee unions reached a minimum level of agreement on Tuesday on the upcoming changes on labor laws. The two sides negotiated in the presence of Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos. They chose to put disagreements and...

About 148,000 low pension recipients saw their pensions slashed in half after the new pension cuts went into effect as part of the fiscal adjustments the government had to make. Specifically, 148,000 pensioners who were receiving the supplementary solidarity pension...

The European Court of Justice has just deemed incompatible with European Union legislation a Greek law that forces companies to seek labor ministry approval before they proceed with mass layoffs. Greece's creditors have asked Athens to repeal the labor minister...

The addition of contingency measures worth 2.7 billion euros creditors require of Greece puts a new hurdle in the bailout review talks, despite the fact there was significant convergence on Thursday. Greece's lenders have asked for the measures to be...

The tax reform plan and the security reform plan will be filed in Parliament next week, said Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, in a press conference with Finance Minister George Stathakis and Labor Minister Giogros Katrougalos. The goal is for both...

The mission chiefs of Greece's creditors have left for Brussels and will return to Athens on Saturday to continue talks with the Greek side on the pending issues of the bailout program evaluation. On Saturday, the quartet of creditors will...

Greece's Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos admitted on Thursday that the government may have to proceed with deep pension cuts as creditors request. Speaking to government friendly Sto Kokkino FM radio, the labor minister said that lenders would not accept a...

Greece proposed to its creditors on Tuesday raising the top rate of personal income tax to 50 percent in order to avoid increases in social security contributions. The top rate of personal income tax now stands at 42 percent and...

Following the first meeting between Greek government officials and representatives from the country’s official lenders, Greek Minister of Labor Giorgios Katrougalos spoke of tough negotiations taking place, but went on to say that this was expected as there are...

Greek Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos appeared sympathetic to public criticism of a social security reform proposal he recently authored. During an interview with Kathimerini newspaper on Sunday, the Labor Minister discussed the 170 page proposal he crafted. The plan includes unifying...