The federation of public sector employees, ADEDY, has announced a nationwide 24-hour strike scheduled for Tuesday, May 21.
EMPLOYMENT
The Digital Labor Card will be fully implemented in the industry and retail sectors as of July 1, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security said on Monday.
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 11% of the workforce in February 2024 against 11.2% in February 2023, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Monday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis marked the increase of the minimum wage, which came into effect on Monday, with a visit to the Sun (Ilios) spice factory in Rentis, Piraeus.
The new minimum salary to be introduced from next Monday, April 1, will amount to 830 euros gross.
Eva Papasotiriou greets customers in the food department of an Athens department store.
More than 100 enterprises, offering over 3,000 jobs, will participate on Saturday in the Tourism Career Day event by the Public Employment Service (DYPA) at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Greece will raise its monthly minimum gross wage by 6.4% to 830 euros, the conservative government said on Friday, the fourth such increase in five years aimed at easing the burden on households squeezed by a higher cost of living.
Funds of more than 52 billion euros are to be mobilized in the construction sector (public, private projects and residential property building) in the period 2024-2026.
The increase in the minimum wage also creates pressures for salary increases for other employees in Greece, especially in small businesses and some industries, such as services.
The government has decided to raise the minimum wage to around 830 euros gross.
Minister of Labor and Social Security Domna Michailidou spoke about the government’s decision to proceed with the fourth consecutive increase of the minimum wage on radio station Parapolitika on Wednesday.
With less than two months to go before the start of the summer tourist season, industry operators are worried about the final number of workers who will drive Greece’s heaviest industry forward.
Demographics is a matter of “major importance” for Greece due to the serious challenges it causes both in terms of economic development and social stability, according to the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research
Money from the Recovery Fund may be lost, especially on Crete, because mainly small and medium-sized contractors have been left without staff and cannot carry out the projects they have undertaken.
Europe moved a step closer to giving so-called gig economy workers at online platforms such as Uber and Wolt greater social and labour rights on Monday, although companies said little would change under the watered-down rules.
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