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The trial of an employee at the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) accused of bribery has been deferred to November 14 after appearing in an Athens court on Saturday. 

The 49-year-old EFKA employee is accused of pressuring a 56-year-old woman to pay 4,000 euros in order to secure a disability allowance for her mother. 

An employee of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) accused of bribery was suspended from duties on Thursday.

Labor Minister Kostis Hatzidakis has appointed Michalis Kefalogiannis to sort out the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA), where problems appear to be out of control.

The governing board of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) on Thursday approved its new action plan, which provides for 34.48 percent of new pension applications to be addressed within 24 hours of submission as of this June and for improving services for insured workers without their having to visit an EFKA branch in person.

The 2019 budget of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) allegedly refers to a "virtual reality," as if it were an imaginary, surplus-producing fund, and according to a senior government official the same goes for the last couple of years too.

The November revenues of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) are down both on the previous month and November 2017, according to sources, with experts estimating that the extensive talk of handouts combined with workers' increased tax obligations in the last few months of the year have led to a freeze in payments.

Workers at the downtown Athens headquarters of social security fund EFKA have shut the doors to the building and are refusing to conduct any business with the public since operating hours began at 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning.