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2,500 Public Employees Laid Off for Forged Documents

After extensive investigations, Ministry of Administrative Reform officials discovered that a large number of public employees were hired or promoted using forged documents. The investigation showed that hundreds, if not thousands, of public sector employees had forged their high school...

No More Slacking: Public Sector Employee Evaluation

Evaluation time for the Greek public sector employee has finally arrived. By April 28, ministry services, municipalities and legal entities must have completed their reports. According to the Ministry for Administrative Reform,the implementation of the new evaluation system for...

Greece Sheds 200,000 State Jobs in Four Years

At least 200,000 public sector positions have been shed in Greece over the past four years, shrinking the state wage bill by about eight billion euros, according to Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Presenting the 2014-2015 administration reform agenda to officials of the European Commission, the OECD (Organisation for...

4,000 Lay-Offs to Close Deal With Troika

Greece's Administrative Reform Council decided to proceed with a permanent mobility mechanism for public sector employees, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at Maximos Mansion Thursday. The reform initiatives and actions set out by the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform will...

Protesting School Wardens Arrested

  At about 5 am on Tuesday morning, eighteen school wardens gathered outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform to protest against the dismissal and suspension measures that they are facing. Some of the wardens who managed to get to the...