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Workers in coffins and ‘customers’ on sunbeds: employers’ incredible tricks to dodge the digital work card

Labour Inspectorate officers report increasingly elaborate ruses this summer season, with staff hiding inside coffins, refrigerated units and changing rooms, or posing as sunbathing customers, as employers scramble to dodge Greece's digital work card checks

The new labor bill is voted on today – The 13-hour workday and all the changes for employees and businesses

Kerameus: The use of flexible hours not overturn workers’ rights – The new regulations allow, among other things, express hirings and resignations with one click.

Insurance contributions for overtime are reduced by 14% – Applies to everyone

The goal is to reduce employer costs, declare all overtime and increase employee salaries - See in detail what the regulation of Labor Minister Niki Kerameos provides

Allowance and summer holiday: What workers need to know

When can workers take leave

Digital Job Card: Starting tomorrow, full implementation in retail & industry – What applies to businesses

Businesses are required to have it for all their employees with a dependent employment relationship with physical presence on site

Time: Companies embrace older workers as younger employees quit or become less reliable

Increasingly, companies are realizing that hiring and retaining older workers makes financial sense

Teleworking in Greece extended until December 31st

The new extension does not affect the current employee-employer relationship

Greek government plans flexible working hours and telework to battle coronavirus

Employees will be allowed to work from home in agreement with employers

The Best Employers for Women 2019 in US (infographic)

The 2019 list was compiled by surveying 60,000 Americans including over 40,000 women

Who says Greeks don’t work hard?

Greece in the top three of countries where people work the most hours every year

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