GREEK ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWOKS FOR THE VOLNERABLE INKWELLS

INKWELLS
Welfare UK Comparative Performances
Reference to Greek Legislative Parliamentary Acts in EU Legislative Frameworks:
• WELFARE UK REFORM ACT 2012 (C. 5)
• http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/pdfs/ukpga_20120005_310815_en.pdf
• http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/contents/enacted/data.htm
• EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT, PERSONAL
INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT, JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE AND
EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE (CLAIMS AND PAYMENTS)
REGULATIONS 2013 2013 No. 380
• http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/380/pdfs/uksiem_20130380_en.pdf
• http://lawvolumes.dwp.gov.uk/docs/c-0021.pdf The “ Blue Book “on UK’s Social
Security
 http://www.cpag.org.uk/child-poverty-facts-and-figures
 www.rightsnet.org.uk ( Welfare right website updated daily)
 www.casetrack.com (Transcripts of courts decisions free to voluntary organisations)
Despina Ferentinou London May 2016 1

UK SOCIAL SECURITY LAW
BACKGROUND
UK Legislation comes in two forms:
A) Primary Legislation : Statutes: Acts of Parliament:
• Primary legislation is the highest form of law. In order to become law a Bill must go through certain stages in both
Houses of Parliament and receive the Royal Assent. In 1992 the following Consolidation Acts brought together all
previous social security statutes: Social Security Administration Act 1992 (SSAA 1992) Social Security
Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (SSCBA 1992) Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992.Further
amendments included: The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994; The Jobseekers Act 1995; The Social
Security Act 1998; The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; The Child Support Pensions and Social Security Act
2000; The Human Rights Act 2000; The State Pension Credit Act 2002; The Tax Credits Act 2002 etc.
B)Secondary Legislation: Statutory Instruments:
 The secondary legislation also known as subordinated or delegated legislation is made by the Secretary of State
under powers to given to him in a particular Statute. The Statute defines which of the two Parliamentary
Procedures is used the affirmative or negative resolution. Delegated legislation cannot be amended By Parliament
it either stands or falls as put before Parliament. . It is usually amended by another Act of Parliament or amended
by ministers in case it imposed “burdens” under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006. Provisions,
allowing primary legislation to be amended by secondary legislation, are known as Henry VIII clauses, because
an early example of such a power was conferred on King Henry VIII by the Statute of Proclamations 1539. Lord
Judge has spoken strongly against such clauses whilst he was Lord Chief Justice on the following ground: ”You
can be sure that when these Henry VIII clauses are introduced they will always be said to be necessary. William Pitt warned
us how to treat such a plea with disdain. 'Necessity is the justification for every infringement of human liberty: it is the
argument of tyrants, the creed of slaves.”- I understand it as an ought to add only legal clauses advancing in the spirit
of the law the human rights achievements, as under the Human Rights Act 2000 a Court may declare primary
legislation incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights and may strike down or disapply
secondary legislation, unless primary legislation prevents the removal of the incompatibility-

A Historical and Legal Base of European Union
Social Policy at a Glance
• Despite a noticeable traditional hostility towards attempts to develop a coherent social policy for
the Community, a range of issues have been looked upon by the Community covering inter alia ,
worker mobility, youth training, industrial and vocational training, education, equal treatment, health and
safety at work and employment rights with particular focus on employment rights due to political
and economic constraints imposed by the Treaty of Rome 1957.
• Projects as the “ Normative Development Within The Social Dimension” at the Lund
University Sweden were looking at the development of Normative patterns in the legal
regulation of employment, hosing, family, and social security from a European Integration
perspective, focusing on the needs of the citizens rather than the market.(COM(94) The
Commission’s White Paper, European Social Policy- A Way forward for the Union legitimises,
as the Green Paper, European Policy Options for the Future (COM) (93), interventions in social
policy, referring to a “European model of the welfare state” in an idea of “social Europe”,
ensuring economic and social integration of all citizens”.
• CUSTOMARY PHASES IN SOCIAL POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
I. A period of neo-liberalism 1957-1972
II. A period of social action 1972-1980
III. A period of stagnation or crisis 1980-1986
IV. A period of optimism 1986-1993
V. Commission’s White Paper –reliance upon subsidiarity, technocratic support, addressing macro-
economic policy issues and the use of soft law. The Commission in chosen new priorities in the
social policy field- unemployment and social exclusion.

A. ECONOMIC NEO-LIBERALISM 1957-72
A period of Economic Boom: most MS introduced legal and welfare rights for workers
Moving towards industrial democracy
A. FREE MOVEMENT OF LABOUR: Regulation 15/61 based on Article 49 EC authorising nationals of one
Member State taking up employment in another MS but not granting rights
B. SOCIAL SECURITY Regulation 3/58-equal treatment-aggregation of benefits-transferability of social security
benefits between Member States-Additional Regulations such as 4/58:co-ordination
C. YOUTH EXCHNAGE SCHEMES : envisaged by Article 50EC ,fostering European awareness.
D. WAGES
Despite the idea that wage policies were outside of Community competence, the Council of Ministers enacted
Regulation 10/60 giving the Commission power to collect statistics and other information on wages and labour
costs within Member States, with the aim to standardise information and definition of such costs. The concept
of “equal pay for equal work” was contained in Article 119 EC in a narrower formula than the principle of equal
pay for work of equal value established in ILO Convention 100 and Recommendation No 90.( Four of the original
six Member States had ratified ILO Convention 100. A Belgian lawyer, Eliane Vogel-Polsky leads to the
significance of the matter in a series of test cases.
F. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES
The Commission established an Industrial Health and Safety Division in 1962. During 1964-65 only one Directive
was accepted, Council Directive 67/548EEC- by the Council of Ministers, a harmonisation measure dealing with
the classification, labelling and packaging of certain dangerous substances. A series of Recommendations were
approved by the Council, establishing minimum standards in the areas of industrial disease, compensation,
protective legislation for young persons, industrial medicine facilities.
G. THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND –ESF-
The ESF become operational in 1962 with a cross-subsidirisation of contributions by the large industrial states
such as France and Germany and Italy during the early years. Allocations were used for skills training and
resettlement of migrant workers-facilitating the free movement of workers principle – with a wider expansion
embracing social policy -at later years.

B. SOCIAL ACTION: 1972-1980
 Declaration of the Heads of State or Government in Paris 1972,the eve of the expansion of the Community:
“...attached as much importance to vigorous action in the social field as to the achievement of economic union...it is
essential to ensure the increased involvement of labour and management in the economic and social decisions of the
Community”.
 The ECJ began to emphasise the social dimension of the Community: Defreme v Sabena (No.2):”... [Article
119] form part of the social objectives of the Community, which is not merely economic union but at the same time
intended, by common action, to ensure social progress and seek the constant improvement of the living and working
conditions[of the people of Europe].”- Direct applicability of the Article: equal treatment principle –Sullerot, A
French sociologist presented a report showing that widespread sex discrimination existed within the MS.
• A Social Action Programme (SAP)1974-76 followed on from the Declaration of Paris 1972- in a time of oil crisis
and recession and technological change across Europe.MS wished to keep their sovereignty.SAP concentrated
upon achieving full and better employment, the improvement of living and working conditions and movement
towards greater industrial democracy. Three concrete legislative measures were materialised: a Directive
protecting the Acquired Rights of Workers on the transfer of an undertaking ; a Directive on Redundancies; a
Directive protecting workers’ rights on Insolvency
• The Equal Pay Directive was adopted 75/117 EEC OJ 1995 L 45/19
• STATE SOCIAL SECURITY : Council Directive 79/7 : Adopted on 23rd
December 1984 Article 8 MS were given 6
years transitional period in which to implement its provisions.
• Personal Scope of the Directive : Article 2: The Directive applies to the “working population” including self –employed
and 2...workers and self-employed persons whose activity is interrupted by illness, accident or involuntary unemployment and
persons seeking employment and to retired or invalided workers and self employed persons”.
• The Material Scope of the Directive: Article 3(1), the principal of equal treatment shall apply to statutory social
security schemes which provide protection against risks of sickness/invalidity/old age/accident at work and
occupational diseases/unemployment and to social assistance schemes.
• Occupational Social Security/ Human Rights Standards

C. STAGNATION OR CRISIS: 1980-86
•Few legislative measures were enacted in the social policy sphere in the 1980s
•Thatcher –led conservative governments in the UK
•The Commission issued proposals for Directives on part-time work, temporary work and
flexible retirement aiming to make forms of “atypical work” attractive by affording in legal
protection in order to encourage workers to move from full –time jobs and over-time working
•Proposals for a Directive on parental leave and the reversal of the burden of proof in sex
discrimination cases –emerged in 1990sunder the New Policy Agreement introduced by the
Protocol on Social Policy tot he Treaty on European Union 1992
•1984 A Second Action Programme was adopted providing the framework for the adoption of
Directives on particular hazards, accidents, lead asbestos, harmful agents, noise and ionising
radiations. Proposals were initiated dealing with carcinogens, benzene and microwaves
•1987 A third Action Programme dealt with safety and ergonomics at work
•During 1980s some progress were made in incorporating education policies into community
sphere.
•1987 the ERASMUS programme –dealing with mobility and exchanges in higher education- was
agreed upon as was the COMMETT programme dealing with education and training for
technology.

PERIOD OF OPTIMISM : THE INTERNAL MARKET 1986-1993
• The Delor’s Initiative: President of the Commission at the time linked social policy to the objective of realising
an Internal Market 1992.” The creation of a vast economic area, based on the market and business co-operation,
is inconceivable. I would say unattainable without some harmonisation of social legislation. Our ultimate aim
must be the creation of a European social area” .
• The SingleEuropeanAct 1986/Directive 90/366 EEC granting rights of residence to students studying in other MS
• The Charter of Fundamental Social Rights of Workers 1989
• Council Directive 93/104 organization of working time
• The Treaty of the European Union 1992 – Social Policy Law-
 Consultation : The Commission submits a proposal to the Council of Ministers. The European Parliament and
often the Economic and Social Committee are consulted and give an Opinion –Article 100 and 235 EC-
 Cooperation procedure for the proposals based upon Article 118a EC and 127 EC:
 Co-Decision: “ Negative Assent Procedure” EP veto over proposals at the second reading stage-New conciliation
 Subsidiarity: UK controversies :-detailed implementation can be left to the MS: ECJ ruled on Duty of the Council
to impose minimum health and safety requirements in a challenge to the Working Time Directive : Case C-84/94)-
 Citizenship of the Union: A set of positive rights/the right of free movement/the right to stand vote for
EP/the right to Diplomatic or Consular Protection by any of the MS in a third state/can petition the
EP/Ombudsman
 Amendments to the Social Policy Title to the Treaty ofRome:SocialPolicyEducationVocationalTrainingYouth
 Economic and Social Cohesion
 The Social Policy Protocol and Agreement: 11th
hour of the Maastricht Summit-acquis communautaire-
 Special Protocols on “ Special pleadings” on the part of Member States
 The Irish Abortion Protocol : Protocol No. 17: creates a special case for the Irish constitutional right to life of the
unborn considered to come under threat under the ruling of ECJ in SPUC v Grogan.
 The “Barber” Protocol: Protocol No 2 on 119 EC seeks to explain the application of the principle of equality in
relation to occupational pension schemes ruling of the ECJ in Barber v GRE Case C-262/88 [1990] ECR 1-1889
• Immigration: third country nationals are brought into the sphere of Community competence as a result of Article
100EC- a new legal structure for the EU based upon a three pillar approach- Activities of the Community
supported by two Pillars relating to Justice and Home Affairs and Foreign Security PolicyDespina Ferentinou London May 2016 7

ADDITIONAL EU DEVELOPMETS
• DIRECTIVE 2014/50/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16
April 2014 on minimum requirements for enhancing worker mobility between Member States by
improving the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights
• REGULATION (EU) No 346/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 17 April 2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds This Regulation is part of
the Social Business Initiative established by the Commission in its Communication of 25 October 2011
entitled ‘Social Business Initiative — Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders
in the social economy and innovation’.
• REGULATION (EU) No 1296/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 11 December 2013 on a European Union Programme for Employment
and Social Innovation (EaSI) and amending Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European
Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion
• Règlement (CE) No 883/2004 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 29 avril 2004 portant sur
la coordination des systèmes de sécurité sociale (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE et pour
la Suisse) LE PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN ET LE CONSEIL DE L'UNION EUROPÉENNE
• REGULATION (EC) No 458/2007 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics
(ESSPROS)
• Regulation (EC) No 2516/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 November
2000 modifying the common principles of the European system of national and regional accounts
in the Community (ESA) 95 as concerns taxes and social contributions and amending Council
Regulation (EC) No 2223/96

EUROPEAN COURT JUSTICE ECJ’S ROLE IN RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES THROUGH EU LAW
• General Principles of Community Law and Human Rights Standards incorporation
• ECJ proved in a pivotal role in elevating social rights in the free movement of persons and equal
treatment of men and women
• Development of the Community principles: Proportionality, Equality, Non Discrimination
• The Court recognises international social law conventions and standards enriching social rights (
Defrenne v Sabena (No.3); Blaizot v University of Liege-; Johnston v RUC- Rutili v Ministrer of Interior)
• Enforcement of Community Law: Direct and Indirect Effect and State Liability
 “...in applying national law, whether the provisions in question were adopted before or after
the directive, the national court called upon to interpret it is required to do so, as far as
possible, in the light of the wording and the purpose of the directive in order to achieve the
result pursued by the latter and thereby comply with the third paragraph of Article 189 of the
Traity” ( Marleasing SA v LaCommercial Internacional de Alimentacion SA Case C-106/89 [1990]
• The Principles of State Liability as in ECJ’ decision Francovichand Bonifaci v Italy( applicants
brought an action against the Italian state for failing to implement the Insolvency Directive 80/87
 a) The Community Law concerned should grant rights to individuals
 b) It should be possible to indentify those rights on the basis of the Community Law and
 c) there must be a casual link between the breach of state’s obligation and the loss suffered by the individual
• The ECJ has built up a list of factors which must be taken into account by the national court in
deciding when three is sufficiently breach of Community law: the clarity and precision of the rule
breached; the measure of the discretion left to the national authorities; the intention for the
infringement ,legal error justifications, position of the Community Institutions and its
contribution to the breach of the MS Community law , persistence of the infringement.

Setting a Fairer Greek Social Security Programme
EU Targets for Greece
• No111. Υιοθέτηση των μεταρρυθμίσεων στην
κοινωνική ασφάλιση και καθορισμός του
προγράμματος του ελάχιστου εγγυημένου
εισοδήματος.
• Focusing on some Social Security Measures that
could be enriched and developed.
• Measures set at the 3rd
Supervisory European
Programme for Greece:
 http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=26516subid=2pubid=11375
Greek Newspaper

Greek “Ad Hoc” Legislative Measures for the financially Deprived
“Preventing Destitution”
• NOMOΣ ΥΠ’ ΑΡΙΘ. 4320 Ρυθμίσεις για τη λήψη άμεσων μέτρων για την
αντι− μετώπιση της ανθρωπιστικής κρίσης, την οργάνω− ση της
Κυβέρνησης και των Κυβερνητικών οργάνων και λοιπές διατάξεις
• Άρθρο 3 Επιδότηση σίτισης “1. Χορηγείται για το έτος 2015 επιδότηση σίτισης
σε άτομα και οικογένειες που διαβιούν σε συνθήκες ακραί− ας φτώχειας. 2. Για τη
χορήγηση της επιδότησης σίτισης, λαμβάνε− ται υπ’ όψιν το σύνολο των
εισοδημάτων των δικαιού− χων, από κάθε πηγή. Στο εισόδημα δεν προσμετρώνται
έσοδα όπως, ενδεικτικά αλλά όχι περιοριστικά, τα επι− δόματα αναπηρίας που
χορηγούνται από το Κράτος. 3. Η επιδότηση σίτισης παρέχεται με κουπόνια ή άλλον
ηλεκτρονικό τρόπο για την προμήθεια ειδών σίτισης.”
• Νόμος 4320 Δημοσιεύθηκε στο ΦΕΚ 29 - 19.03.2015 στις 19.03.2015
ΡΥΘΜΙΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΛΗΨΗ ΑΜΕΣΩΝ ΜΕΤΡΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ
ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΡΙΣΗΣ, ΤΗΝ ΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ
ΤΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΙΚΩΝ ΟΡΓΑΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ
ΛΟΙΠΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΙΣ
http://www.et.gr/index.php/2013-01-28-14-06-23/search-laws

Greek “Ad Hoc” Legislative Measures for the financially Deprived
“Preventing Homelessness”
• NOMOΣ ΥΠ’ ΑΡΙΘ. 4320 Ρυθμίσεις για τη λήψη άμεσων μέτρων για την αντι−
μετώπιση της ανθρωπιστικής κρίσης, την οργάνω− ση της Κυβέρνησης και των
Κυβερνητικών οργάνων και λοιπές διατάξεις
• Άρθρο 2 Επίδομα ενοικίου για την εξασφάλιση στέγης “1. Χορηγείται επίδομα ενοικίου σε έως 30.000 άτομα και
οικογένειες που διαβιούν σε συνθήκες ακραίας φτώ− χειας και δεν έχουν δυνατότητα στέγασης σε ιδιόκτητο ακίνητο στον τόπο
της μόνιμης κατοικίας τους. 2. Η παροχή αυτή αφορά νέες μισθώσεις ή ανανεώσεις υφιστάμενων μισθώσεων με νέους όρους
που συνάπτο− νται μετά την έναρξη ισχύος του παρόντος και θα χορη− γείται απευθείας στον εκμισθωτή του μισθίου
ακινήτου.Η παροχή χορηγείται για το έτος 2015 και δύναται να ανανεωθεί για το έτος 2016, εφόσον συντρέχουν οι προ−
βλεπόμενες στο παρόν άρθρο προϋποθέσεις.
3. Το παρεχόμενο επίδομα ενοικίου δεν υπερβαίνει μηνιαίως τα εβδομήντα (70) ευρώ ανά άτομο και τα διακόσια είκοσι (220)
ευρώ ανά πολυμελή οικογένεια. 4. Για τη χορήγηση του επιδόματος του παρόντος άρθρου απαιτείται η προβλεπόμενη από τις
οικείες δια− τάξεις του νόμου δήλωση και αποδοχή του μισθωτηρίου συμβολαίου, καθώς και η φορολογική ενημερότητα των
εκμισθωτών. 5. Το ποσό της επιδότησης ενοικίου είναι αφορολό− γητο και ακατάσχετο, δεν υπόκειται σε οποιουδήποτε είδους
κρατήσεις, δεν συμψηφίζεται με βεβαιωμένα χρέη προς πιστωτικά ιδρύματα και δεν υπολογίζεται στα εισοδηματικά όρια για την
καταβολή του ΕΚΑΣ ή άλλης παροχής κοινωνικού ή προνοιακού χαρακτήρα. Το ποσό της επιδότησης μπορεί να συμψηφίζεται
με βεβαιωμένες και ρυθμισμένες οφειλές προς το Δημόσιο και τους ασφαλιστικούς οργανισμούς.”
 19 Μαρτίου 2015 file:///C:/Users/Guest/Downloads/document%20(25).pdf Greek Governmental Newspaper

• Μέτρα για την ανακούφιση των Ατόµων µε Αναπηρία (ΑµεΑ), την απλοποίηση της λειτουργίας των Κέντρων
Πιστοποίησης Αναπηρίας (ΚΕ.Π.Α.), την καταπολέµηση της εισφοροδιαφυγής και συναφή ασφαλιστικά
ζητήµατα και άλλες διατάξεις
• Άρθρο 11 Οριστικοποίηση συντάξεων αναπηρίας 1. Οι προϋποθέσεις που προβλέπονται στη νοµοθεσία του Ι.Κ.Α.-
Ε.Τ.Α.Μ., κατά το άρθρο 18 της υπουργικής απόφασης υπ’ αριθµ. 57440/1938, όπως αυτή ισχύει, πε- ρί «Κανονισµού
Ασφαλιστικής Αρµοδιότητας Ι.Κ.Α.- Ε.Τ.Α.Μ.» (Β΄ 33) για την αυτοδίκαιη οριστικοποίηση της χορηγούµενης σύνταξης λόγω
αναπηρίας που ισχύουν για τους µέχρι 31.12.1992 ασφαλισµένους του, εφαρµό- ζονται και για τους αντίστοιχους
ασφαλισµένους Φορέ- ων, Κλάδων και Τοµέων Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης, αρµο- διότητας του Υπουργείου Εργασίας,
Κοινωνικής Ασφάλι- σης και Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης, εφόσον από τις κατα- στατικές τους διατάξεις ή άλλες διατάξεις της
νοµοθε- σίας δεν υφίσταται σχετική πρόβλεψη. 2. Ο χρόνος συνταξιοδότησης λόγω αναπηρίας και η υποβολή σε εξετάσεις
από τις αρµόδιες υγειονοµικές ε- πιτροπές σε χρόνο προγενέστερο της ισχύος της διάτα- ξης της παραγράφου 1 του
παρόντος άρθρου συνυπολο- γίζονται για την κατά τα ανωτέρω οριστικοποίηση της σύνταξης λόγω αναπηρίας.
• Άρθρο 42 Οικογενειακά επιδόµατα Ε.Τ.Α.Π.-Μ.Μ.Ε. Το πρώτο εδάφιο της παρ. 8 του άρθρου 44 του π.δ.
284/1974 (Α΄ 101), όπως ισχύει, αντικαθίσταται ως εξής: «Το ποσό της σύνταξης λόγω γήρατος ή αναπηρίας
προσαυξάνεται για το σύζυγο ή τη σύζυγο κατά 58,69 ευρώ και κατά 29,35 ευρώ για κάθε άγαµο παιδί µέχρι τη συµπλήρωση
του 18ου έτους της ηλικίας του ή, σε περί- πτωση συνέχισης των σπουδών του σε ανώτερα ή ανώ- τατα εκπαιδευτικά ιδρύµατα
του εσωτερικού ή του εξω- τερικού, µέχρι τη συµπλήρωση του 24ου έτους της ηλι- κίας του, εφόσον δεν ασκεί επάγγελµα και
δεν λαµβάνει σύνταξη από δική του εργασία.»
 Hellenic Parliament -Enacted Legislation- ΑΠΟΣΠΑΣΜΑ Πρωτ. Από τα επίσηµα Πρακτικά της ΞΖ΄, 30 Ιουνίου
2015, Αριθ. Συνεδρίασης της Ολοµέλειας της Βουλής, στην οποία Διεκπ. ψηφίστηκε το παρακάτω σχέδιο νόµου”
http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/bcc26661-143b-4f2d-8916-0e0e66ba4c50/m-amea-pap2.pdf
Recent Greek Measures for the relief of the Persons with Disabilities.
Indicative and various other additional Family Benefits

Greek Parliamentary Acts and Enacted Measures on
the relief of debtors of small amounts
• ....Στο ν. 3869/2010 προστίθεται άρθρο 5α µε τον υ- πότιτλο «Ταχεία Διευθέτηση
Μικροοφειλών» ως εξής:
• Άρθρο 5α Ταχεία Διευθέτηση Μικροοφειλών “1. Εφόσον ο οφειλέτης αποδεικνύει σωρευτικώς ότι: α) κατά την ηµέρα
υποβολής της αίτησης και της επι- κύρωσης δεν διαθέτει οποιαδήποτε ακίνητη περιουσία και δεν έχει προβεί σε πράξη διάθεσης
ακίνητης περιου- σίας κατά την τελευταία τριετία πριν από την κατάθεση της αίτησης, β) τα λοιπά περιουσιακά στοιχεία του είτε
ως δικαιούχου είτε ως συνδικαιούχου. συµπεριλαµβανο- µένων των καταθέσεων του σε πιστωτικά ιδρύµατα δεν υπερβαίνουν σε
αξία το ποσό των χιλίων (1.000) ευρώ, γ) οι οφειλές που περιλαµβάνονται στην αίτηση του κατά το άρθρο 4 παράγραφος 1 του
παρόντος νόµου συνι- στούν το σύνολο των υποχρεώσεων του οφειλέτη, γ) το ύψος των υπό β’ οφειλών του δεν
υπερβαίνει τις είκοσι χιλιάδες (20.000) ευρώ. συµπεριλαµβανοµένων τόκων, εξόδων και πάσης φύσεως
προσαυξήσεων δ) οι περιλαµ- βανόµενες στην αίτηση οφειλές δεν είναι εξαιρετέες α- πό το πεδίο εφαρµογής του παρόντος
νόµου σύµφωνα µε την παράγραφο 3 του άρθρου 1, ε) δεν υπάρχουν ε- µπραγµάτως ή µε οποιονδήποτε άλλο τρόπο ασφαλισµέ-
νοι πιστωτές, στ) τα πάσης φύσεως εισοδήµατα του ο- φειλέτη καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια του τελευταίου έτους πριν από την ηµέρα
της επικύρωσης είναι µηδενικά και ζ) εί- ναι συνεργάσιµος σύµφωνα µε τον Κώδικα Δεοντολο- γίας που θεσπίστηκε µε
Απόφαση της Τράπεζας της Ελ- λάδος - Ευρωσύστηµα Επιτροπή Πιστωτικών και Ασφαλι- στικών Θεµάτων (Β'
2289/27.8.2014), ο ειρηνοδίκης δύ- ναται κατόπιν σχετικού αιτήµατος του οφειλέτη και εφό- σον οι δανειστές που
περιλαµβάνονται στην αίτηση δεν αµφισβητούν, κατά το χρόνο της συζήτησης της αιτήσε- ως. τη συνδροµή των ανωτέρω
προϋποθέσεων, να διατά- ξει, δικάζοντας κατά την διαδικασία της εκούσιας δικαιο- δοσίας, την προσωρινή απαλλαγή του
οφειλέτη από τα χρέη που περιλαµβάνονται στην αίτηση....”
 ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΠΑΣΜΑ Πρωτ. Από τα επίσηµα Πρακτικά της ΠΕ΄,14 Αυγούστου 2015, Αριθ.
Συνεδρίασης της Ολοµέλειας της Βουλής, στην οποία Διεκπ. ψηφίστηκε το παρακάτω σχέδιο νόµου”
http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/bcc26661-143b-4f2d-8916-0e0e66ba4c50/k-oikmhx-pap.pdf

Κύρωση Αναθεωρηµένου Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινωνικού Χάρτη
EU Social Charter Signed in Strasburg: Dated 3rd
May 1996
Greek Parliamentary Ratification of the Revised European Community Social Charter
• Άρθρο πρώτο Κυρώνεται και έχει την ισχύ που ορίζει το άρθρο 28 παρ. 1 του Συντάγµατος, ο
Αναθεωρηµένος Ευρωπαϊκός Κοι- νωνικός Χάρτης, ο οποίος υπογράφηκε στο Στρασβούργο στις
3 Μαΐου 1996, ως προς τις ακόλουθες διατάξεις του: Άρθρα 1, 2, άρθρο 3 παράγραφοι 1, 2 και 3,
άρθρα 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, άρθρο 19 παρά- γραφοι 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 και
11, άρθρα 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Το κείµενο του Χάρτη στο αγγλικό πρωτότυπο
και σε µε- τάφρασή του στην ελληνική έχει ως εξής:
PART II
• Article 1: The Right to Work
• Article 2: The Right to Just Conditions of Work
• Article 3: The Right to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions
• Article 4: The Right to Fair Remuneration
• Article 5: The Right to Organise
• Article 6: The Right to Bargain Collectively
• Article 7: The Right of Children and Young Children to Protection
 ΑΠΟΣΠΑΣΜΑ Πρωτ. Από τα επίσηµα Πρακτικά της ΝΣΤ΄, 14 Ιανουαρίου 2016, Αριθ.
Συνεδρίασης της Ολοµέλειας της Βουλής, στην οποία Διεκπ. ψηφίστηκε το παρακάτω σχέδιο
νόµου: http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/bcc26661-143b-4f2d-8916-0e0e66ba4c50/k-
euromap-pap-synolo.pdf Greek Parliamentary Enactments.

Extracts of the Social Charter
under the Greek Constitution Auspices
 Article 8: The Right of Employed Women to Protection of Maternity
 Article 9: The Right to Vocational Guidance
 Article 10: The Right to Vocational Training
 Article 11: The Right to Protection of Health
 Article 12: The Right to Social Security
 Article 13: The right to Social Medical Assistance
 Article 14: The Right to Benefit from Social Welfare Services
 Article 16: The Right of the Family to Social, Legal and Economic Protection
 Article 17: The Right of Children and Young Persons to Social, Legal and Economic
Protection
 Article 18: The Right to engage in a Gainful Occupation in the Territory of other
parties.
 Article 19: The Right of the Migrant workers and their families to Protection and
Assistance

Articles of the Social Charter ratified by Greece in 2016
 Article 21: The Right to Information and Consultation
 Article 22: The Right to take part in the determination and improvement of the
working conditions and the working environment.
 Article 23: The Right to Elderly Persons to Social Protection
 Article24: The Right to Protection in case termination of employment
 Article 25:The Right of the workers to the protection of their claims in the even of
the insolvency of their employer
 Article 26:The Right to Dignity at Work
 Article 27: The right of workers with family responsibilities to equal opportunities
and equal treatment
 Article 28: The right of workers representatives to protection in the undertaking
and facilities to be accorded to them
 Article 29: The Right to Information and Consultation in collective redundancy
procedures
 Article 30 : The Right to Protection against Poverty and Social Exclusion
 Article 31: The Right to Housing
 Part III : Article A: Undertaking: Article B Links and Implementation of the Additional Protocol
of 5 May 1988 http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/128

2016: Greek Parliamentary Measures on
Governmental Projects
Initiatives for the unemployed
• ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ Α΄ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΙΣ ΑΡΜΟΔΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟΥ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ, ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΣΦΑΛΙΣΗΣ
ΚΑΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗΣ Άρθρο 1 Η υποπαράγραφος Ι.Δ.1 της παρ. Ι.Δ. του άρθρου πρώ- του του ν.
4152/2013 (Α΄ 107) τροποποιείται ως εξής: 1. Το πρώτο εδάφιο της παραγράφου 1 αντικαθίσταται ως εξής: «Με σκοπό την
άµεση ανάσχεση της ανεργίας και ως έκτακτο µέτρο, η Γενική Γραµµατεία Διαχείρισης Κοινο- τικών και Άλλων Πόρων,
του Υπουργείου Εργασίας, Κοι- νωνικής Ασφάλισης και Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης σχε- διάζει και καταρτίζει Προγράµµατα
Κοινωφελούς Χαρα- κτήρα, συγχρηµατοδοτούµενα από τους πόρους του Ε- ΣΠΑ, για την κάλυψη κοινωνικών
αναγκών, µε απασχό- ληση των ανέργων απευθείας σε δήµους και περιφέρει- ες ή άλλες δηµόσιες υπηρεσίες,
όπως σε σχολεία και νο- σοκοµεία. Περαιτέρω, ο σχεδιασµός των ως άνω Προ- γραµµάτων δύναται να περιλαµβάνει δράσεις
ενεργο- ποίησης των ωφελουµένων µε στόχο τη διευκόλυνση ε- πανένταξής τους στην αγορά εργασίας.»
• Άρθρο 12 Εκποίηση δηµοτικών ακινήτων σε άστεγους δηµότες Στους αναγνωρισµένους ως δικαιούχους
δηµοτικών ή κοινοτικών οικοπέδων, κατ’ εφαρµογή του άρθρου 187του ν. 3463/2006 (Α΄ 114), που δεν έχουν
εκπληρώσει, µέσα στην τασσόµενη κατά τις διατάξεις του ανωτέρω άρθρου προθεσµία, µέρος ή όλες τις
υποχρεώσεις τους (καταβολή τιµήµατος, ανέγερση οικοδοµής κ.λπ.) και ε- φόσον εξακολουθούν να είναι κάτοχοι
των ανωτέρω οι- κοπέδων, αυτοί ή οι κληρονόµοι τους, µπορεί, µε αιτιολο- γηµένη απόφαση του δηµοτικού
συµβουλίου που λαµβά- νεται µε την απόλυτη πλειοψηφία των µελών του, να δο- θεί το δικαίωµα εκπλήρωσης
των υποχρεώσεών τους, µέσα σε αποκλειστική προθεσµία οκτώ (8) ετών από την έναρξη ισχύος του παρόντος.
 ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΠΑΣΜΑ Πρωτ. Από τα επίσηµα Πρακτικά τηςΟΖ΄, 20 Φεβρουαρίου 2016,
Αριθ. Συνεδρίασης της Ολοµέλειας της Βουλής, στην οποία Διεκπ. ψηφίστηκε το παρακάτω σχέδιο νόµου:
 http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/bcc26661-143b-4f2d-8916-0e0e66ba4c50/m-kybe-correct-pap.pdf

2016 Greek Council Tax Deductions/
Exemptions
• Άρθρο 13 Απαλλαγή από δηµοτικά τέλη και φόρους 1. Η παρ. 3 του άρθρο 202 του ν. 3463/2006
(Α΄ 114) α- ντικαθίσταται ως εξής: «3. Με απόφαση του δηµοτικού συµβουλίου, που λαµ- βάνεται µε
την απόλυτη πλειοψηφία του αριθµού των µε- λών του, είναι δυνατή η µείωση δηµοτικών φόρων ή τε-
λών ή η απαλλαγή από αυτούς για τους απόρους, τα ά- τοµα µε αναπηρίες, τους πολύτεκνους,
τους τρίτεκνους, τις µονογονεϊκές οικογένειες και τους µακροχρόνια ά- νεργους, όπως η
ιδιότητα των ανωτέρω οριοθετείται α- ντίστοιχα από την κείµενη νοµοθεσία, καθώς και τους
δι- καιούχους του πρώτου Κεφαλαίου του ν. 4320/2015 (Α΄ 29), όπως εκάστοτε αυτοί ορίζονται µε τις
υπουργικές α- ποφάσεις του άρθρου 5 του ίδιου νόµου. Με την ίδια α- πόφαση µπορεί να τίθενται και
εισοδηµατικά κριτήρια για τη χορήγηση της ως άνω µείωσης ή απαλλαγής. Η επί- πτωση στα έσοδα του
Δήµου που προκύπτει από τη λή- ψη της απόφασης του πρώτου εδαφίου της παρούσας α- ποτυπώνεται
υποχρεωτικά και λαµβάνεται υπόψη κατά την κατάρτιση του προϋπολογισµού του έτους εφαρµο- γής της,
σύµφωνα µε τις εκάστοτε ισχύουσες διατάξεις. Ειδικά για την ευπαθή κοινωνική οµάδα των ατόµων µε
αναπηρία συµπεριλαµβανοµένων και των οικογενειών που έχουν στη φροντίδα τους άτοµα µε αναπηρία, σε
πε- ρίπτωση λήψης εισοδηµατικών κριτηρίων λαµβάνεται υ- πόψη το πρόσθετο κόστος που απαιτείται για
την κάλυ- ψη των αναγκών αναπηρίας. Στο εισοδηµατικό κριτήριο που αφορά στην ανωτέρω κοινωνική
οµάδα θα πρέπει να υπολογίζεται µόνο το φορολογητέο εισόδηµα, ώστε να µην προσµετρούνται τα πάσης
φύσεως επιδόµατα ανα- πηρίας (προνοιακά επιδόµατα, εξωιδρυµατικό επίδοµα, επίδοµα κίνησης, διατροφικό
επίδοµα νεφροπαθών και µεταµοσχευµένων συµπαγών οργάνων κ.λπ.) τα οποία είναι αφορολόγητα.»

A LEGAL HARMONY IN THE PYRAMID OF LAW

Social and Economic Progress
Common Goals

The Commissioner - CommDH(2016)7 14 March 2016
Annual activity report 2015 by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
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MEANS-TESTED BENEFITSMoney state entitlements determined by the amount of income or other resources that you have. Ought to be paid if you have
no other money or top up the money you have. You do not need National Insurance contributions to claim these benefits.
• Universal Credit
• Income Support
• Income –related Employment and Support Allowance
• Pension Credit
• Housing Benefit
Receipt of the above leads to additional entitlements such as:
• Free Prescriptions and NHS Dental Treatment
• Budgeting Advances or Budgeting Loans
• Free School Meals
• Funeral Payments
If one lives with another person, as part of a couple, -covers married -civil partners- those
living together -can be treated as a couple- ought to claim as a couple, using the couple rates,
calculating financially their needs, taking into account the income and capital of both
partners. If they receive Income Support, Income- based Jobseeker’s Allowance or Income
related Employment and Support Allowance they can claim Child Tax Credit for any
dependent children and qualifying young people-included in claims for Universal Credit,
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reductions.

INCOME SUPPORT I
Money Entitlement providing the basic living costs for people of the working age not expected to sign –on for work as they are lone
parents under the age of 18 or lone parent and responsible for a child under the age of 5 or lone parents responsible for a child
under the age of 16 who has been placed there for adoption, or foster carers of a foster child under the age of 16 or you have had a
baby within the last 15 weeks or you are pregnant and due to have a baby within the next 11 weeks or you are responsible for a
child and the partner is abroad temporarily or carers : Most of the Qualifying Groups: A legal provision topping up other income.
Rules for Claims:
• 1st
Rule: Age- The applicant must be at least 16 years and below Pension Credit qualifying age
( Pension age for men is 65 whereas for women is increasing from 60 to 65 to be equalised with men by
November 2018. The pension age for both men and women will rise to 66 by 2020 and to 67 by 2028,
before increasing to 68 in the future).
• 2nd
Rule: Capital Limit: The applicant must have £16,000 or less in capital ( savings and
investments).
• 3rd
Rule: Full-time work: The applicant must not be working 16 hours or more a week. If one
has a partner, their partner must not be working 24 hours or more a week. There are exceptions
to the rule if one is a carer or local councillor, childminder or foster carer.
• 4th
Rule: Full-time education: The applicant cannot as of rule get Income Support if they are
in full-time education with certain exceptions.-. Young persons without parental support, lone parents
of a child under the age of 5 or lone carers of a foster child under 16, or in a summer vacation and in a
qualifying group.-
• 5th
Rule: Education under the age of 20: The applicant normally cannot qualify for Income
Support while in “relevant education”- under 20 years of age and studying on a non- advanced course-
www.gov.uk

INCOME SUPPORT II
Working Out Income Support on a weekly level:
The applicable amount is the amount the law approves as an amount to sustain a decent living.
A. Working out who can claim: individuals/couples/children and young people are included in claims
for Universal Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction.
B. Working out ones Personal Allowances:-Children’s capital is not counted: For Universal
Credit, Income Support, Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income–related Employment and Support
Allowance capital of £6,000 or less is ignored, or £10,000 if one lives permanently in a care home. Capital
above this lower limit is producing a “yield” or “tariff”.
Assumed Income From Capital
The applicants capital over the lower capital limit: income from this capital is treated as income from
capital. Treated as £1 a week income for each £250 over the £6,000 threshold, (example: a capital of
the amount of £8,000 it will be treated as giving a £9 a week income.)
For Universal Credit the applicant is treated as having £4,35 per month for each £250 or part of over the £6,000.
For Pension Credit and Housing Benefit if applicant(s) or their partner are over the Pension Credit qualifying age they will be
treated as having £1 per week for each £500 or part over the £10,000 threshold.
Benefit Disregards: Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance,
Constant Attendance Allowance, Armed Forces Independence Payment.
Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit are disregarded for Universal Credit, Income Support, Income Support,
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance and Pension Credit.
However, they are counted in full for Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance claims that are still include
amounts for Children. Child Benefit is disregarded for Housing Benefit.....Common Rules for Means-Tested
Benefits....

INCOME SUPPORT III
Personal Allowances at a Glance
Single
Age 16-24 £57.90
Age 16-24 main phase ESA £73.10
Age 25 or over £73.10
Lone Parent
Under 18 £57.90
Age 18 or over £73.10
Couples
Under 18 depends on circumstances : Both aged 18 or over £114.85
C. Working out Premiums the claimant is entitled to:
Disability- not payable in ESA
Single £32.25
Couple £45.95
Enhanced disability
Single £15.74
Couple £22.60
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INCOME SUPPORT IV
D. Working out Housing Costs if there is a Mortgage-can claim Housing Benefit for
Rent
Housing Costs
3.12% Current Rate: this may change .( Based on the capital sum owed, excluding arrears, multiplied by
an interest rate published by the Bank of England).
Amounts fro Owners Occupiers: Housing costs can be included in your claim, including interest
payments on a mortgage or specified secured to the accommodation, and eligible service charges.
Support for Mortgage Interest. Payment is made direct to the lender.
E. Add together allowances +Premiums + Housing Costs= Applicable Amount
F. Working out how one’s Income is treated
General Rules:
All income is taken into account for means-tested benefits unless it is specifically
disregarded. Income is worked out on a weekly basis and the figures used are weekly
amounts.
Rules on Earnings/Childcare Expenses/Benefit Disregards/Tariff or Deemed
Income/Other Income/Child Maintenance.
G. Adding together ones income that is taken into account to give the total Income
H. Taking one’s Income from the Applicable Amount, in order to give the weekly rate

SUPPORTIVE PROVISIONS FOR THE HEALTH CARE
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/pdfs/ukpga_20120007_en.pdf
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACT 2012
• Section 11 The Secretary of State’s duty as to protection of public health Health and Social Care Act 2012 After
section 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert— “Provision for protection or improvement of public health.
• Section 132 Indemnities Health special administration regulations may make provision about the giving by
Monitor of indemnities in respect of (a) liabilities incurred in connection with the discharge by health special
administrators of their functions, and (b)loss or damage sustained in that connection.
• Section 133 Modification of this Chapter under Enterprise Act 2002 (1)The power to modify or apply enactments
conferred on the Secretary of State by each of the sections of the Enterprise Act 2002 mentioned in subsection (2)
includes power to make such consequential modifications of provision made by virtue of this Chapter as the
Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with any other provision made under that section.
• Section 134 Duty to establish mechanisms for providing financial assistance
• (1)Monitor must establish, and secure the effective operation of, one or more mechanisms for providing financial
assistance in cases where a provider of health care services for the purposes of the NHS (referred to in this
Chapter as a “provider”) is subject to—
• (a)a health special administration order (within the meaning of Chapter 5), or
• (b)an order under section 65D(2) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (trust special administration for NHS
foundation trusts).
• Section 135 Power to establish fund (1)Monitor may, for the purposes of section 134, establish and maintain a
fund.
• Section 137Grants and loans(1)Monitor may not provide financial assistance under section 136 in the form of a
grant or loan unless it is satisfied that— (a)it is necessary for the provider—
• (i)to be able to continue to provide one or more of the health care services that it provides for the purposes of the
NHS, or (ii)to be able to secure a viable business in the long term, and
• (b)no other source of funding which would enable it do so and on which it would be reasonable for it to rely is
likely to become available to it.

INCOME-RELATED EMPLOYMENT
AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
• Employment and Support Allowance can be claimed if you have limited capability for work, specifically
assessed and one is meeting the immigration and residence rules.
• Conditions for the Award- Applicable Rules: ( An example in a Contributory Employment and Support
Allowance to a person with learning difficulties: Basic allowance £73.10+ Support Component £36.20 +Premium(s)
enhanced disability premium£15,75 + Housing Costs = £125.05= Applicable Amount. If there an income of £109.30
it is deducted and the remaining positive difference of £15.75 will give the amount of the income-related Employment
and Support Allowance in addition to the contributory Employment and Support Allowance of £109.30)
Ten physical descriptors for the Limited capability Assessment: Mobility, Standing and sitting, Reaching,
Picking up and moving objects , Managing dexterity, Making yourself understood, Understanding
communication, Navigating safely (visual impairment),Bowel or bladder incontinence, Consciousness.
Seven Mental, Cognitive and Intellectual Descriptors:
Learning tasks, Awareness of everyday hazards, Initiating and completing personal action, Coping with
change, Getting about, Coping with social engagement, Appropriateness of behaviours.
1st
Rule: Age: The applicant must be at least 16 years old and below the State Pension age,
(Pension Credit: State Pension £155.65 based on one’s/partners/former spouse National Insurance contributions
Category A or B £119.30 category B or D £71.50 Category D Non contributory for people aged 80 or over ).
2nd
Rule :Capital ( savings) limit: One must have £16,000 or less in capital ( savings and investments)
3rd
Rule: Full-time work: One must not be working and if there is a partner ought not be working 24 hours or
more per week. Exceptions : you can work up to 16 hours and still claim income –related Employment and
Support Allowance if a)you do permitted work, b)you work as a volunteer and you are not paid or only
paid expenses, c) you are a local councillor.
4th
Rule: Full-time education: One cannot get income –related Employment and Support Allowance in full time
education (16 hours and more) unless you get Personal Independence Payment or Disability Living
Allowance or Armed Forces Independent Payment.

INCOME –BASED JOBSEEKER’S
ALLOWANCE
• Jobseeker’s Allowance can be claimed if you are unemployed or working less than 16
hours a week. One has to enter a claimant commitment and be available for the work
and must show that they are available for and actively seeking work.( Applying for
jobs, sending out CV Sanctions are imposed if claimants are not following instructions
leading to loss of entitlements for four weeks or 13 weeks with a hardship payment option left
open with 40% reductions of personal allowances . For Jobseekers Allowance only the
reduction is 20% in vulnerable groups ).
• CONDITIONS FOR GETTING INCOME- BASED JOBSEEKERS ALLOWANCE
• 1) Age: The applicant must be at least 18 years of age old.(For 16 and 17 year old parents
and other adults who are responsible for them can usually claim Child Benefit and Child Tax
Credit)
• 2)Capital ( Savings) limit The applicant must have £16,000 or less in capital or
savings.
• 3) Fulltime work: The applicant must not be working 16 or more a week. Partners
ought not to be working 24 hours or more a week.
• 4) Fulltime education: People cannot qualify whilst in full-time education
• 5) Available for and actively seeking work: One must satisfy the work-related
requirements for getting Jobseeker’s Allowance: (Normally expected to be available for 40
hours work, immediately available or with one weeks notice if doing voluntary work.)

PENSION CREDIT
• Pension Credit can be claimed if a person has reached the qualifying age and meets the immigration and
residence rules.
• Pension Credit Guarantee Credit ensures that no one lives on less than a set amount. Currently at the amount of
£155.60 per week for a single person and £237.55 for a couple. Extra amounts are payable if one qualifies for the
severe disability addition, is carer or have relevant housing costs. If people’s income is less than their needs it
ought to be topped up by these amounts.
• Pension Credit Savings Credit: will close for people reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016.If one
reaches State Pension age before 6 April 2015 they can still get savings credit, if their circumstances allow,
regardless of when they apply. However for the couples that only one of them reached the State Pension before 6
April 2016, they will not be able to get Pension Credit savings credit unless they were already getting it and
remained entitled. Maxim amount of saving credit is 13.07 for a single person or £14.75 for a couple. Pension
Credit can be paid on top of guarantee credit or on its own.
 Pension Credit weekly rates
• Standard minimum guarantee
• Single £155.60
• Couple ££237.55
 Additional Amounts
• Carer £34.60 Severe disability £61.85
 Housing Costs Mortgage interest payments and certain other housing costs are covered by the guarantee credit
(interest payments on a mortgage or specified loans secured to the accommodation and eligible service charges).
• Capital Disregarded £10,000 No upper limit All income is counted unless specifically disregarded. All benefits
counts if full except the following which are fully disregarded: Personal Independence Payment/ Attendance
Allowance/ Housing Benefit/Child Benefit/Child Tax Credit/Guarantee Allowance/£10 War Widow’s or War
Disablement Pension/Armed Forces Compensation/£10 Widowed Mother’s or Widowed Parent’s Allowance.
• Other disregarded income: £20 from sub-tenants;£20 income from income from boarders plus 50% of any charge
over £20; charity and voluntary payment.

A. CARER’S ALOWANCE
B.STATUTORY SICK PAY
C.EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
• Carer’s Allowance is a benefit for people who regularly spend at least 35 hours a week caring for
a person who gets either Personal Independence Payment daily living component, Attendance
Allowance, Disability Living Allowance care component at the middle or higher rate, Constant
Attendance or Armed Forces Independence Payment.
• The applicant must be aged 16 and over.
• The applicant must not be studying for 21 hours or more a week and can earn up to £110 a week
and still claim Carer’s Allowance meeting the immigration rules..
• Weekly rate : £62.10
• Non- Contributory. Counts in full for means-tested benefits.
 SICKNESS STATUTORY SICK PAY
• Employees can claim Statutory Sick Payment for up to 28 weeks in any period of sickness lasting
four days or more.
• Weekly rate: £ 88.45 It is paid by one’s employer when incapable of their normal work through
sickness and have earnings an average of £112 a week. If they are refused Statutory Sick Pay may
be entitled to Employment and Support Allowance.
• Non –contributory- counts as income and earnings.
 EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT ALLOWANCE – for people with limited capability of work-
• A. Contributory and B. Income Based : claimant at least 16 years of age under the pension age-
meeting the National Insurance contributions Contributory Employment and Support Allowance is
time –limited to 12 months if you are in the work –related activity group. There is no limit if you are in the
support group. ( Basic allowance £57.90-age 16-24; £73.10-age 25 and over; Work related activity
component £29.05; Support component £ 36.20 )

HOUSING BENEFIT
 Housing Benefit helps people to pay their rent if they are on a low income, if they are meeting the
immigration and residence rules.
Conditions for people Getting Housing Benefit
CAPITAL (SAVINGS) LIMIT: People must have £16,000 or less in saving or capital. -This rule does
not apply for people receiving Pension Credit guarantee credit.
RENT LIABILITY: Individuals or their partners must be liable or treated as liable for payment of
rent including payments such as license agreements.
• Excluded: Full time students –with exceptions such as vulnerable young persons; leasing with a lease of
more than 21 years; paying rent to someone they live with and either the arrangement is not commercial or
their landlord is a close relative ;they previously owed the property and less than 5 years have passed since
they owed it,- this does not apply if they had to sell the property to continue living there; in a contrived
agreement to pay rent in order to take advantage of the Housing Benefit scheme.
AMOUNT OF RENT: Depends on the rent property,- private landlord, the local authority and any
ineligible service charges
PRIVATE TENANTS Housing Benefit is assessed under Local Housing Allowance
TENANTS OF A LOCAL AUTORITY AND HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS: Housing Benefit is
normally calculated using people’s actual rent minus any ineligible charges, non-dependant
deductions and size criteria restrictions. For under occupied homes Housing Benefit is reduced
by 14% if rent is under-occupation by one bedroom; 25% of rent for under occupation by two
bedrooms or more
INELIGABLE CHARGES: fuels/meals/service charges/are deducted from the rent.
 http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/homelessness A housing and homeless charity

UNIVESAL CREDIT
• Replaces work age benefits –income support; income based job seekers allowance –
JSA; ESA; working tax credit; child tax credit and housing benefit.
• Means tested, with a single taper of 65 per cent
• Paid in and out of work
• Administered by the DWP
• Tougher regime of sanctions and conditionality including, for first time, in work
conditionality
• Paid monthly in arrears with seven days waiting period
• Housing costs ( apart form mortgage interest)paid to claimant rather than the
landlord except where claimants vulnerable or more than eight weeks arrears
• Claims to be made and managed online
• real time information to be provided by HMRC
• Standard allowance + elements for children-disabled children-ill or disabled adult-
carer-housing costs-children costs.
 Lasa is a social welfare law and tech charity: Established in 1984, stated dedicated to supporting
organisations in their use of technology and the delivery of social welfare law advice to the disadvantaged
communities they serve. http://www.lasa.org.uk/

COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION
• You can claim Council Tax Reduction, if you are liable to pay Council Tax and you
are on low income.
• Local Authorities have their own schemes or use the statutory default scheme
• Most schemes mirror Housing Benefit using a different income taper instead of a 65%
taper.
• People usually have to pay a percentage of their Council Tax liability unless they are
on Pension Credit.
Ways of Claiming
 Claims for Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income- related
Employment and Support Allowance or Pension Credit, include a claim for Council
Tax Reduction.
 Claim forms are providing by local authorities
 Some local authorities accept telephone or online claims.
 Separate claims ought to be completed if people claim Universal Credit

TAX CREDITS I
• A. Child Tax Credit: CTC
• B. Working Tax Credit: WTC
A. CTC gives financial help to people who have children. Claimant be at least 16 years
old. Couples make joint claims- People they do not have to be working but they have
to meet the immigration rules- they ought not to be subject to immigration control- and
residence rules. – Covers British citizens –nationals of the European Economic Area EEA-
family members of the EEA who is in the UK as a worker or self employed person- refugees
and people who have been granted with humanitarian protection.
 CTC is made up of several elements. The maximum annual amount is
calculated by addicting together the elements that apply to a family. The maximum is
reduced by income over specified thresholds.
• £545 family element
• £2,780 child element for each child in the family
.

CHILD TAX CREDIT II
• £3,140 disabled child element for each child on Disability Living Allowance, either
component at any rate, Personal Independence Payment or certified as blind or
severely sight-impaired.
• £1,275 severely disabled child element for each child in the family on Disability
Living Allowance higher rate care component or Personal Independence Payment
enhanced daily living component.
Tax Credits Thresholds ( the point at which maximum tax credit begins to be withdrawn as income rises)
• £6,420 if you are entailed to Working Tax Credit and
• £16,105 if you entitled to Child Tax Credit only.
Working Out Tax Credits
 1. Finding out the Maximum Tax Credits adding up the elements applying in cases.
 2. Work out the relevant income.
 3.Compare income against the relevant threshold: Income above thresholds is excess income.
 4.If income =a threshold, the Maximum Tax Credit will be awarded. If the income is above the threshold
deducting the threshold from the income applying the taper of 41%.
 5.Deduct the taper from Maximum Tax Credit in order to calculate the Tax Credit wards for the year.

WORKING TAX CREDIT III
B. Working Tax Credit WTC gives help to those in work but on low income. You can
claim WTC if you are working full-time, or will be starting work within 7 days, and
you are aged 16 or over. Working hours are calculated on the number of hours one
normally works- with exception of holidays, getting Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory
Paternity Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Maternity Allowance
or absent from work on ordinary maternity, adoption, paternity or shared paternal leave.
Working Tax Credits Elements and the Annual Amounts.
• £1,960 basic element
• £2,010 couple element, if you have a partner
• £2,010 lone parent element
• £810 -30-hour work element, if one or their partner do paid work for at least 30 hours a week. If
anyone is responsible for a child they can get this element if they work this element 30 hours
between them.
• £2,970 disability element, if one is working 16 + hours a week and have a physical or mental
disability which puts them at a disadvantage in getting a job. -Personal Absolute Claim-
• £1,275 severe disability element, if someone or their partner get Personal Independence Payment
enhanced rate daily living component, Attendance Allowance higher rate or Disability Living
Allowance higher rate care, regardless of anyone’s work. If both partners qualify two severe
disability elements are awarded. – Personal Absolute Entitlements.-

PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT
• Replaces DLA for working age claimants; paid to people who have physical or mental illness or
disability, considering severity of limitations to the ability to carry out daily or mobility activities,
that began before people reach age 65 and are over 16.
• New objective assessments based on descriptors with health professional assessments by Atos
and Capita under contract to DWP
• Personal Independence Payment has two components, each paid at two levels: a daily living
component and a mobility component. In order to qualify people must have met the conditions
for three months and be likely to meet them for the next nine months unless terminally ill –
suffering from a progressive disease from which death may reasonable -be expected within the next six
months.
• Daily Living Component: Standard rate £55.10 per week enhanced rate £ 82.30 per week.
• The Daily Living Descriptors include: preparing food/taking nutrition/managing therapy or
monitoring a health condition/washing and bathing/managing toilet needs or
incontinence/dressing and undressing/communicating verbally/reaching and understanding signs,
symbols, and words/engaging with other people face to face/making budgeting decisions- one
ought to be able to carry out activities safely, reliably, repeatedly and with a reasonable time
period.
• Mobility Component: The applicant can claim this if their ability to carry out mobility activates
is limited due to their physical or mental condition. The mobility component is paid at two
rates ;the standard rate of £21.80 per week and enhanced rate of £57.45 per week. In order to
qualify one has to score 8 or 10 points from a series of descriptors and 12 for the enhanced rate.
The mobility descriptors relate to two activities: Planning and following journeys and Moving
around.

BEREAVEMENT BENEFITS
• This is a tax-free lump sum of £2,000 for bereaved spouses or civil partners. It
depends on the National Insurance contributions made by one’s late spouse or civil
partner, unless their death was from an industrial accident or disease.
• A person qualifies if they were under pension age at the time of the death or over
pension age, if the late spouse or civil partner was not entitled to a Category A State
Pension. It is not payable if one was co-habiting with someone else at the time their
spouse or civil partner’s death.
• The time limit for claiming a Bereavement Payment is 12 months.
WIDOWED PARENT’S ALLOWANCE
A weekly benefit if one is bereaved and have at least one dependent child or are
pregnant at the time of their husband’s or late civil partner’s death. It depends on the
National Insurance contributions made by the late spouse or civil partner, unless
death was from an industrial accident or disease. Claimant must be under pension
age at the time of their spouse's or civil partner’s death.
Weekly rate £112.55 maximum- counts as income for Universal Credit. For other means
tested benefits it has a £10 or £15 a week disregard. It counts as pension income for
tax credits-ceases when one re-marries or forms a new civil partnership or cohabits

COUNCIL OF EUROPE
ACHIEVEMENTS
 An international organisation in Strasbourg which comprises 47 countries of Europe. It was set up to
promote democracy and protect human rights and the rule of law in Europe. Dated: 1949
• Abolition of the death penalty 1983 Protocol No.6 ECHR : No executions in 47 Member States
since 1997
• Strengthening of Human Rights: The Council of Europe Committee for the Protection of Torture
unannounced visits to prisons-police stations –holding centres of liberty- evaluating the
deprived.
• The European Convention of Social Rights verifies rights of housing, health, education,
employment, freedom of movement
• Group of states against corruption (Greco) indentify deficiencies in national sates
• Protection of minorities –Non Discrimination –fighting against racism
• European Commission against Racism and Intolerance ECRI
http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/default_en.asp
• Upholding freedom of expression
• Defence of Cultural Diversity “ White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue”:
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/intercultural/source/white%20paper_final_revised_en.pdf
• Gender Equality
• Protection of Children’s Rights – Convention for the protection of children against sexual
exploitation: http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/1in5/Source/Lanzarote
%20Convention_EN.pdf
• Quality of Medicine and health Care: Set up a single European agency for medicine harmonising
quality standards: European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Health Care ( EDQM)
• Council of Europe: http://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/achievements

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON
HUMAN RIGHTS I
• Article 1: Obligation to respect Human Rights
• Article 2:Right to Life SECTION I RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
• Article 3: Prohibition from Torture
• Article 4: Prohibition from slavery and forced labour
• Article 5: Right to Liberty and Security
• Article 6: Right to a Fair Trial
• Article 7:No Punishment without Law
• Article 8: Right to Respect for Private and Family Life
• Article 9: Freedom of Thought Conscience and Religion
• Article 10: Freedom of Expression
• Article 11; Freedom of Assembly and Association
• Article 12: Right to Marry
• Article 13: Right to an Effective Remedy
• Article 14: Prohibition of Discrimination
• Article 15: Derogation in time of emergency
• Article 16: Restrictions on Political Activity of Aliens
• Article: 17: Prohibition of Abuse of Rights
• Article 18: Limitations on Restrictions of use of Rights
• Article19: Establishment of the Court SECTION II EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
• Article 20: Number of Judges
• Article 21: Criteria for Office
• Article 22: Election of Judges

EUROPEAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS II
• Article 23: Terms of Office and Dismissal
• Article 24: Registry and Reporters
• Article 25: Plenary Court
• Article 26 Single-judge formation, Committees
• Article 27 :Competence of single judges
• Article 28: Competence of Committees
• Article 29: Decisions by Chambers on admissibility and merits
• Article 30:Relinquishment of jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber
• Article 31: Powers of the Grand Chamber
• Article 32: Jurisdiction of the Court
• Article33: Inter-State cases
• Article 34: Individual applications
• Article 35: Admissibility criteria
• Article 36: Third party intervention
• Article37: Striking out applications
• Article 38: Examination of the case
• Article 39: Friendly settlements
• Article 40: Public hearings and access to documents
• Article 41:Just satisfaction
• Article 42: Judgments of Chambers
• Article 43: Referral to the Grand Chamber
• Article 44: Final judgments
• Article 45: Reasons for judgments and decisions

EUROPEAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS III
• Article 45: Binding force and execution of judgments
• Article 46: Binding force and execution of judgments
• Article 47:Advisory opinions
• Article 48:Advisory jurisdiction of the Court
• Article 49: Reasons for advisory opinions
• Article50: Expenditure on the Court
• Article51: Privileges and immunities of judges
• Article 52: Inquiries by the Secretary General SECTION III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
• Article 53: Safeguard for existing human rights
• Article 54: Powers of the Committee of Ministers
• Article 55: Exclusion of other means of dispute settlement
• Article 56: Territorial application
• Article 57: Reservations
• Article58: Denunciation
• Article 59:Signature and ratification
 Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Paris, 20.III.1952
• Article 1: Protection of property
• Article 2 :Right to education
• Article 3: Right to free elections
• Article 5: Relationship to the Convention

EUROPEAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS IV
 Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms securing
certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the First Protocol
thereto Strasbourg, 16.IX.1963
• Article 1: Prohibition of imprisonment for debt
• Article 2:Freedom of movement
• Article 3 :Prohibition of expulsion of nationals
• Article 4: Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens
• Article 5:Territorial application
• Article 7: Signature and ratification
 Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning
the Abolition of the Death Penalty
• Article 1 :Abolition of the death penalty
• Article 2: Death penalty in time of war
• Article 3: Prohibition of derogations
• Article 4 :Prohibition of reservations
• Article 4:Prohibition of reservations
• Article 8 Entry into force
• Article 9 Depositary functions

EUROPEAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS V
 Protocol No. 7to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights Fundamental Freedoms Strasbourg,
22.XI.1984
• Article 1: Procedural safeguards relating to expulsion of aliens
• Article 2: Right of appeal in criminal matters
• Article 3: Compensation for wrongful conviction
• Article 4: Right not to be tried or punished twice
• Article 5: Equality between spouses
• Article 6 :Territorial application
• Article 9 :Entry into force
• Article 10: Depositary functions
 Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Rome,
4.XI.2000
• Article 1:General prohibition of discrimination
• Article 2:Territorial application
• Article 5: Entry into force
• Article 6: Depositary functions

EUROPEAN CONVENTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS VI
 Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning
the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances Vilnius, 3.V.2002
• Article 1: Abolition of the death penalty
• Article 2 :Prohibition of derogations
• Article 3: Prohibition of reservations
• Article 4 :Territorial application
• Article 5 :Relationship to the Convention
• Article 6 :Signature and ratification
• Article 7: Entry into force
• Article 8: Depositary functions http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf
 Child-friendly justice is justice “Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not
lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. Attributed to Albert Camus”
 accessible
 age appropriate ---speedy---diligent
 adapted to and focused on the needs of the child
 respecting the right to due process
 respecting the right to participate in and to understand the proceedings
 respecting the right to private and family life
 respecting the right to integrity and dignity
 https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?
documentId=090000168045f5a9
documentId=09000016804b2cf3
documentId=090000168045f5aa

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VII
 Based in Strasbourg, this is the only truly judicial organ established by the European Convention
on Human Rights. It is composed of one Judge for each State party to the Convention and
ensures, in the last instance, that contracting states observe their obligations under the
Convention. Since November 1998, the Court has operated on a full-time basis.
• domestic implementation of the Convention
• efficiency of the procedures before the European Court of Human Rights (the Court)
• execution of the Court’s judgments and its supervision by the Committee of Ministers (the CM)
 Recommendation No. R(2000)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the re-
examination or reopening of certain cases at domestic level following judgments of the European
Court of Human Rights
 Recommendation Rec (2002)13 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the
publication and dissemination in the member states of the text of the European Convention on
Human Rights and of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
 Recommendation Rec (2004)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European
Convention on Human Rights in university education and professional training
• http://www.echr.coe.int/LibraryDocs/COE-2016-Supervision_CM_annual_report.PDF

ECHR IMPLEMENTATION VIII
 Recommendation Rec(2004)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the verification
of the compatibility of draft laws, existing laws and administrative practice with the standards
laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights
 Recommendation Rec (2004)6 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the
improvement of domestic remedies. The status of implementation of these five Recommendations
has been evaluated by the CDDH. Civil society was invited to assist the governmental experts in
this evaluation (see doc. CDDH(2006)008 Add.1). Subsequently, the Committee of Ministers has
adopted special Recommendations on the improvement of the execution of judgments
 Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on efficient
domestic capacity for rapid execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
 Recommendation CM/Rec (2010)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on effective
remedies for excessive length of proceedings. In addition to these Recommendations to member
states, the Committee of Ministers adopted a number of Resolutions addressed to the Court:
– Resolution Res(2002)58 on the publication and dissemination of the case-law of the European
Court of Human Rights

ECHR IMPLEMENTATION IX
 Resolution Res(2002)59 concerning the practice in respect of friendly settlements
 Resolution Res(2004)3 on judgments revealing an underlying systemic problem, as well as in 2013 the following
non-binding instruments intended to assist national implementation of the Convention: –
 a Guide to good practice in respect of domestic remedies http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/cddh/CDDH-
DOCUMENTS/GuideBonnesPratiques-FINAL-EN.pdf
 a Toolkit to inform public officials about the State’s obligations under the European Convention on Human
Rights. http://www.coe.int/en/web/echr-toolkit
 A general overview of major consequences of the entry into force of the Protocol No. 14 amending the control
system of the Convention-is presented in the information document DGHL-Exec/Inf(2010)1.
 The Brussels Declaration, adopted on 27 March 2015
 https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?
documentId=0900001680592206
• establishment of an inter-institutional network with a rapid response capacity
• General measures must be taken to prevent further violations similar to those found and/or to put an end to
continuing violations.
• the authorities’ assessment as to the source of the violation
• In action plans the conclusion of the authorities should refer to the next stage in the execution process, indicating
when an updated version of the action plan may be submitted to the Committee of Ministers
• standard forms or questionnaires have been drawn up to help the authorities concerned provide the necessary
information for the preparation of the action plan or report (for example, in Belgium and the United Kingdom).
• Reinforcing subsidiarity by inviting states in 2009 to submit (at the latest six months after a certain judgment has
become final) action plans and/or action reports (covering both individual and general measures), today regularly
required in the context of the new supervision modalities agreed in 2011
 International conference on effective implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights SAINT-
PETERSBURG 22/10/2015

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