Serious decisions, some of which have been put off for years, suffering thousands of insured, must be made by the leadership of the Ministry of Labor in the near future. At the same time, of course, he must “carry out” the cases, which are dragging on mainly due to the lack of the necessary software in EFKA, and proceed with the operational and administrative restructuring of the insurance organization. Payment of past years’ contributions for freelancers with parallel paid work, insurance for paid board members, and the possibility of retirement for civil servants with a lower age limit are some of the outstanding issues that have been left behind and must be resolved immediately. There are, of course, other insurance “thorns”, such as uniform provisions on insurance and benefits, which remain on paper, i.e. are written as obligations in the Katrugalu insurance law, which was passed in 2016 and has yet to be implemented. These are mini-reforms with significant changes, some of which will also lead to cuts in entitlements and benefits. By the end of the year or at the beginning of the next one, it should also be clarified what will be done with the increase in pensions, both basic and additional, as well as with the increase in the contributions of the self-employed.

In particular, some of the most important decisions that remained on paper:

1. Calculation of contributions for parallel employment of freelancers and self-employed.

2. Registration of deposits for temporary workers with documents confirming the right of ownership.

3. Resolution of the unresolved issue of insurance of paid members of the boards of directors and paid managers of partnerships, partnerships and limited liability companies.

4. Issuance of unified insurance rules for both the EFKA sector and the ETEAEP sector regarding reimbursement and one-time insurance.

5. Issuance of uniform exemption provisions for EFKA and ETEAEP respectively.

6. Unification of rules regarding disability pensions.

7. Clarification on the appointment or non-appointment of a national pension in cases where a pensioner has the right to receive an old-age and disability pension.

8. Decision on the possibility of reducing the pension from 25 years in the state during 2023.

9. Decision on the general or non-compliance with the decision of the Accounts Chamber on the recognition of the insurance contribution of solidarity to the state as unconstitutional for 2017 and 2018.

As Dimitris Burlos, a lawyer specializing in insurance issues, notes in an interview with K, “there has undoubtedly been an acceleration in the field of assigning pensions, of course, in some cases the services will deal with the same pension cases again in the future, given that there were no full bonuses, since pensions were not calculated from the entire insurance life. According to Mr. Bourlos, “In order for the fast award to become more permanent, rather than temporary and ad hoc, significant interventions are needed in the insurance system in the direction of simplifying both the institutional framework and the procedures applied, as well as a complete electronic record insurance life of the insured, with priority for those who are not many years away from retirement age.