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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August 2024 amounted to 9.5% compared to the upwardly revised 11.4% in August 2023 and 9.9% in July 2024, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Tuesday.

Labor and Social Security Minister Niki Kerameus announced measures on demographics, the reform of social benefits and support for working parents through a better work-life balance during an interministerial press conference in Thessaloniki on Thursday.

Labor and Social Security Minister Niki Kerameus on Wednesday referred to the extension from Wednesday of the Digital Labor Card in tourism and catering, in an interview with Skai TV.

Public Employment Service (DYPA) and the Chinese tech giant Huawei signed on Monday a new Memorandum of Cooperation about the extension and expansion of the "Women in Tech" program, they have been running jointly for the last two years.

The digital labor card is evolving into a powerful weapon in the battle against undeclared overtime work, and consequently in favor of improving workers' incomes.

Supporting employment by creating well-paid jobs, reducing employer social security contributions, the universal application of the digital labor card and sweeping inspections for the application of labor legislation make up the blueprint of priorities the new labor minister, Niki Kerameus, is reportedly determined to implement.

Niki Kerameus officially took on her role as the new minister of labor and social affairs on Friday afternoon.

Kerameus noted that the ministry will continue to invest in the country's valuable human resources.

She highlighted that there has been a significant reduction in unemployment over the past five years, with more than 400,000 new jobs created.

A new incentive and reward system for public sector employees was presented by the Interior Minister Niki Kerameus and Deputy Interior Minister Vivi Charalampogianni during the Ministerial Council meeting Monday. 

The Ministry of the Interior is planning to carry out an internal inquiry to ascertain whether there has been a breach of privacy laws that allowed a candidate for the ruling conservative party in the upcoming European parliamentary elections to send hundreds of Greeks abroad campaign material to their private email accounts.

An opposition lawmaker on Monday called on Interior Minister Niki Kerameus to take steps that would satisfy a public petition for former transport ministers to be prosecuted for the deadly train crash at Tempe last year.