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One in every three Greek workers are employed in jobs below their skill level, mostly in the civil service, commerce, accommodation and food service, in positions where their skills are not utilized, according to a report by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

The Labor Ministry will cover a quarter of the total increase in salary costs of corporations from the abolition of the subminimum salary for the under-25s.

The subsidy will concern 50 percent of the employers' social security contributions toward the main pension of each worker up to 25 years old who until recently received 510.95 euros per month.

Greece's creditors expressed disappointment regarding their recent visit to Athens during Thursday's session of the Euro Working Group.

Greek people of working age are caught between low salaries as employees and the low chances of successfully starting a business of their own, two surveys revealed on Wednesday, as the state only seems to look after its own.

An unprecedented shortage of cadres in our country, economists report. Eurostat data show that 45% of businesses believe that labor shortages limit their production.

The crisis with the skills in our country deepens and the Bulgarians are among the most confident in Europe, that their skills will be up to date in 5 years.

Sofia. The number of employees under labour contract increased by 42,600, or 1.8%, to 2.35 million at the end of June compared to the end of March, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said.

Greece is not a good place to seek a pay raise. In the private sector, for an average employee on a monthly net salary of 1,168 euros to get a raise of just 45 euros a month, their employer has to pay twice that amount, 90 euros, with half of it going to the tax authorities and the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA).

The seamstesses who work in a shoe factory in Dupnitsa made a protest against unpaid wages. They have not received their monthly wages for December and January.

Such a wage delays in the enterprise happen for the second time. The owner is an Italian and, in the words of the workers, is now hiding in Italy.

Employers in most sectors of the economy see hiring plans weakening in the first quarter of next year, compared to the current quarter, according to an employment prospects survey conducted by ManpowerGroup.

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency warned on Sunday that China is using social networks to try to cultivate sources of information among lawmakers and officials, while Chinese hackers are increasingly attacking European companies through trusted suppliers, writes  livemint.com