> The move, a shift against a trend toward shorter working weeks in some European countries, was deemed necessary due to Greece’s aging and shrinking population and a major shortage of skilled workers.
Well that isn’t a good sign of things to come
Asckle on
Don’t worry guys. Any day now we’ll get rid of those waster immigrants draining our welfare services and will be able to get back on track to inflating our pensions to burden our children and grandchildren!
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> The new legislation stipulates that employees can work up to 13 hours per day on no more than 37.5 days per year, with a maximum limit of 48 hours per week, based on a four-month average and maximum overtime of 150 hours. But the 40-hour workweek continues to be the rule, and overtime in general is to be better compensated, with a 40 percent bonus.
This isn’t shifting everyone to a 13 hour workday, just adjusting the rules around overtime. Greece’s economy is doing fine for now, but given that they’re all old as hell and not exactly a migration magnet, it makes sense that they’ll squeeze labor as much as possible. This might accelerate brain drain, though. Not much of an economic reason for an educated Greek to miss out on better pay and conditions in the rest of the EU
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> The move, a shift against a trend toward shorter working weeks in some European countries, was deemed necessary due to Greece’s aging and shrinking population and a major shortage of skilled workers.
Well that isn’t a good sign of things to come
Don’t worry guys. Any day now we’ll get rid of those waster immigrants draining our welfare services and will be able to get back on track to inflating our pensions to burden our children and grandchildren!
> The new legislation stipulates that employees can work up to 13 hours per day on no more than 37.5 days per year, with a maximum limit of 48 hours per week, based on a four-month average and maximum overtime of 150 hours. But the 40-hour workweek continues to be the rule, and overtime in general is to be better compensated, with a 40 percent bonus.
This isn’t shifting everyone to a 13 hour workday, just adjusting the rules around overtime. Greece’s economy is doing fine for now, but given that they’re all old as hell and not exactly a migration magnet, it makes sense that they’ll squeeze labor as much as possible. This might accelerate brain drain, though. Not much of an economic reason for an educated Greek to miss out on better pay and conditions in the rest of the EU
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