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European CommissionThe Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece. Fourth ReviewΡar /Ρage4.4 Further improving regulatory frameworkThe Government will review existing labour regulationswith the purpose of identifying measures that, building onrecent reforms, would further contribute to attractinvestment and support job creation while aligning Greecewith best practices in other countries. This exercise willMoUinclude a comparative review of regulatory issues4.4concerning the re-structuring of companies and collectivedismissals to ensure a balance between adjustment needsand a fair sharing of the burden of adjustment betweenworkers, firms and Government. In this light, theGovernment:MoU4.4.1Action Deadline Comments StatusIdentifies reforms and changes that appear necessary, inconsultation with social partners;November2013assessment for collective dismissals fromEC/ECB/IMF at 6 months' time. For TEA there isagreement at the upcoming Omnibus (IA4).Administrative changes have been introduced; asassessment of the collective dismissals system isnow due for SeptemberObserved.MoU4.4.1and implements them.December2013Reassessment from EC/ECB/IMF in 6 months.NotObserved.4.5 More transparent and enforceable labour lawMoU4.5MEFP(36)To ease interpretation, reduce compliance costs with andincrease the enforceability of labour law, the Governmentcodifies all existing legislation relevant for labour andindustrial relations into a single Labour Code.4.6 Support to the unemployedMoU4.6MEFP(3)MoU4.6.1MoU4.6.1.iMoU4.6.1.iiMoU4.6.1.iiiMoU4.6.1.ivMoU4.6.1MEFP(12)The Government steps up efforts to prevent unemploymentbecoming permanent and to mitigate the hardship ofunemployment, focusing on: promoting the integration ofthe long-term unemployed, young people and disabled inthe labour market; easing labour market mismatches andfacilitating the transition of workers across occupationsand sectors by improving training policies and promotingthe employability of the disadvantaged groups; targetingthe segments of the population with the strongest needs ofincome support and with no entitlement to social transfers,and strengthening social economy. In these efforts, theGovernment will aim at involving the private sector to themaximum extent possible. The Government will improveits ability to assess labour market needs and to carry outevidence-based policy analysis in order to strengthen thedesign, monitoring, and co-ordination of labour market andsocial policies.To this end, and in order to provide continuing support tothe labour market policies, the Government as a wholeadopts a comprehensive Action Plan focusing on:Expanding short-term public work programmes targeted atjobless households, the long-term unemployed and youngpeople not in education, employment or training as ameasure of emergency and temporary nature while labourdemand remains sluggish. It may target up to 50.000persons in a first round as a measure of emergency andtemporary nature while labour demand remains rathersubdued. Municipalities and other public Authorities mayparticipate directly in such public works programmes onlyunder the full adequate and transparent control of suchprogrammes (open calls, internet publication of projectswith full details, and reporting helpline);Promoting the implementation of the youth voucherscheme;Supporting job matching between the unemployed andpotential employers and activation of the unemployedthrough the reform of the Public Employment Service,including by developing partnerships to deliver qualitytraining, mentoring and employment services;Improving and expanding over the medium term, incoordination with educational reforms, the range andquality of apprenticeships and vocational training schemesand strengthening their linkage with labour market needsand potential employers. The Government will provide aplan on how these objectives can be achieved withconcrete measures.The Action Plan should inform on the financing of theforthcoming initiatives.We have launched the youth internship and employmentvoucher program that supports six-month vocationaltraining and internships for 45,000 beneficiaries (see 14of the May 20, 2013 MEFP for a description of theprogram). We plan to announce later in 2013 a socialDecember2013July 2013July 2013The relevant report by Group Koukiadis has beendelivered. It is mutually agreed that more time isneeded. A relevant tender must be launched. Asmaller project of codifying a smaller scale oflegislation is under examination.Re-phased for end year at the new MoU.The Action Plan has been delivered and adopted bythe Ministry of Labour.The J.M.D. 3.24641/Οικ.3.1574 26/08/2013 ontemporary employment program. It covers 50.000beneficiaries. The final results for the programs of10.000, 27.948, 7.400 & and 4.413 beneficiarieshave been uploaded at OAED site.NotObserved.Pending.Observed.Observed.July 2013 The implementation of the programs is under way. Observed.July 2013September2013July 2013All these actions cover the re-engineering of OAED.The Action Plan was presented at 30th of Septemberand adopted by the Managerial Committee. Theimplementation has begun.Law 4186/2013 includes articles about theapprenticeship scheme.A revised road map (having incorporated commentsof troika) has been submitted to PM 's office andEC/ECB/IMF.JMD 3.24641/Οικ.3.1574 26/08/2013 on temporaryemployment program for 50.000 unemployedbeneficiaries and total budget of 216 m. eurofinanced by European structural funds. All fourtenders and their final results have been alreadyObserved.Observed.Observed.106