EMPLOYMENT
The Greek labor market suffers from a severe shortage of well-paid positions.
Yannis Asimakopoulos has worked as a food delivery driver in Athens for 17 years and cannot recall a hotter summer as a new heatwave gripped Greece this week.
Cyprus is making notable progress in its digital transformation.
Finding technology and informatics experts is a tough task for many businesses, with the majority of companies having spent the last few years on a constant hunt for talent, especially now that artificial intelligence is increasing their needs even more.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has welcomed the “clear commitment” by all NATO member states to commit to spending at least 2% of GDP on defense spending, adding that European countries cannot “just rely” on the US for their defense.
Yannis Rossopoulos boards the last ship leaving Piraeus’ Gate E8 for the islands of the Saronic Gulf on the evening of July 6.
Today’s landscape in the Greek labor market is dominated by reduced employment and pay gaps for women, negative distinctions in the share of working youth and people over the age of 55, as well as very low labor productivity rates.
The number of pensioners who have decided to continue working in Greece has increased fivefold under new and more favorable tax provisions, according to the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA).
As the rest of the world zigs toward a four-day workweek, Greece is opting to zag. On Monday, a law came into effect that allows some companies to enforce a six-day workweek, a shift that is intended to prop up the country’s aging workforce and compensate strapped workers while respecting workers’ rights.
During the visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security on Thursday, the new leadership spoke in detail about its priorities.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that the government remains committed to the target for increasing the minimum wage to 950 euros at the end of a four-year period.
Greece remains a laggard when it comes to strategies to upgrade its human resources with new skills, through reskilling and upskilling policies offered by in-company training programs.
Official data demonstrate a murky landscape for employment in the tourism and food service industry.
The application of the digital labor card started on Monday in thousands of businesses active in industry and retail, with low participation and minor technical problems.
The deadline for linking the professional accounts of freelance professionals and entrepreneurs with the IRIS instant payments system has been extended until August 31.
