Intensify inspections in sectors where a digital work card is applied, such as banks and large supermarkets, and in those where an expansion of the measure is expected, starting with insurance companies and security companies, as envisaged in the business plan of an independent body. Labour Inspectorate (which replaced per annum). Already in the first year of operation of the new Office, almost 60,000 inspections were carried out and about 12,000 sanctions were imposed (20% delay) and fines for 32.2 million euros. In 2022, inspections focused on courier delivery, school buses and the construction industry, among others. The number of inspections during the 11th month of 2022 exceeded the corresponding size of annual inspections starting from 2015, while based on the planning presented yesterday by the Commander of the Office, Giorgos Tsilivakis, to the Minister of Labour. Kostis Hatzidakisin 2023, more and more targeted inspections will be carried out in order to effectively combat violations in the labor market.

It should be noted that the organizational transition of the former SEPE to the new mode of operation as the Labor Inspectorate was officially completed on February 1, and on the occasion of this event, Mr. Hatzidakis visited the offices of the now independent Office yesterday.

According to the data presented during the meeting, in the 11 months from January to November 2022, 59,476 inspections were carried out, 11,871 sanctions and fines were imposed, totaling 32.2 million euros.

Particular attention was also paid to the introduction of a digital work card in supermarkets and banks, to which this measure began to apply in July last year. As indicated, checks of the digital labor card will also be carried out in other industries covered by its application, starting with companies providing insurance services and security and safety services.

As for 2023, the focus – using the risk analysis method and based on the controls carried out in previous years – will be on sectors that have historically been found to be in high arrears. According to the best available data, the retail, catering, food processing and hospitality industries are among the most violations in terms of compliance with labor laws, industrial relations and labor protection conditions, mainly in periods like the first. which we are experiencing and in which there is a significant number of accidents at work, as well as deaths among workers.

In particular, in the 11 months from January to November 2022, the Labor Relations Inspectorate conducted 32,898 inspections and identified 8,826 violations, while the peak (4,841 violations or 54.8%) relates to the employer’s failure to fulfill the obligation to draw up or post in a conspicuous place for of the company’s personnel and working hours table, so that it is clear whether employees of the company are declared and whether they should be busy on a certain day and time. This is followed by such violations as undeclared work (10.2%), non-compliance with obligations, formalities and other procedures (8.7%), refusal of entry and admission of auditors (7.9%) and non-payment of accrued wages (5 0, 8%).