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Greece regresses to 13 hour work days with 20% overtime at 8-10 and 40% at 10-13 (www.reuters.com)

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Greece's parliament approved a bill on Thursday allowing private sector employers to extend working hours despite protests from workers already struggling from a cost-of-living crisis.

The bill, which allows employers to enforce 13-hour work days, up from the current eight hours, aims to make the labour market more flexible and effective, the conservative government says.

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[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Fta:

The extended work shift can only be applied three days a month and up to 37 days a year.

That doesn’t seem entirely unreasonable, but maybe there is something not being reported on here?

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That doesn’t seem entirely unreasonable

Of course it doesn't, you won't be personally affected by it, right?

[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I mean, no, but the rules in Scandinavia, which isn’t exactly a capitalist hellhole, are similar, I think? Norway, for instance, has

10 hours overtime over a 7-day period 25 hours overtime over a period of 4 consecutive weeks 200 hours overtime over a 52-week period

when there is a pressing need due to unexpected workload or the like. There’s also a 13 hour limit per day.

There’s probably something I’m missing here about the labour market in Greece, though. Or Norway’s for that matter. Also the compensation should be higher ofc

ETA: correct translation, additional thought, link to OT rules for Norway: https://www.arbeidstilsynet.no/en/working-hours-and-organisation-of-work/working-hours/overtime/

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago

There's a lot not being reported, seems to me that every extra piece of info we get, makes this more and more reasonable, and a nothing burger IMO.