The Labor Ministry said the inspectors from the European Union and International Monetary Fund have called off a meeting planned for Tuesday and will hold it later in the week.
Labor reforms are part of pressing negotiations between Greece and rescue creditors to finalize a second bailout loan agreement, worth €130 billion ($170 billion).
That deal is closely linked to ongoing talks with private creditors to slash €100 billion of Greece’s national debt in exchange for cash payments and new bonds with longer maturities.
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday that he hoped negotiations with private and rescue creditors would be finished this week.
“Completing negotiations requires agreement on certain difficult issues. The timeframe is tight,” Papademos said after a summit of EU leaders.
“But we are all totally focused on the goal of completing these negotiations with success by the end of the week.”
The country’s national debt exceeded €350 billion last year, and without the bond-swap deal would not be considered sustainable as Greek gross domestic product is set to slow to €215 billion in 2012, in a fourth year of recession, according to state budget figures.
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