Greece introduces the six-day work week
Greece introduces the six-day work week – DW – 06/21/2024
"While the 40-hour work week is still officially in place, employers are permitted to require staff to work up to two unpaid hours per day for a limited period in return for more free time."
The hospitality sector is excluded from this regulation ....
[wait for it]
... because the five-day work week was abolished there in 2023.
I don't understand how legislators can look at the fact that their country already works longer hours than anyone else in Europe and conclude that the problem is that they aren't working enough hours
They don't. They get paid to sorta pretend enough to just make laws, and after enough horrible decisions, they retire with half the bank or die owning all of it.
Greece sounds like a hellhole.
Six-day work week. Get out of here.
Meanwhile, Japan is moving to 4 day weeks
Can you provide a source on that?
Japan historically has some of the most demanding work cultures in the world. This news seems wrong to me.
Everything I hear about Greece shows it to be a completely shit country.
Because it is. And I say that as a Greek myself.
Greece has been ruled by corrupt politicians for pretty much its entire modern history. Rich people never get prosecuted for the crimes they commit, heath and education are severely underfunded with outdated equipment, badly maintained facilities and underpaid personnel, press freedom is deteriorating and governments push for neoliberal "reforms" like these.
Would you mind elaborating? No pressure. I spent time there as a kid in the 90s and have a lot of nostalgia for the place, but I haven't engaged with the place as an adult and I'm way out of touch so I'm genuinely curious.
I went to Athens not too long ago. There were so many homeless and poor people. I don't know if the country has ever really recovered from the financial crisis.
So what's stopping the workers from saying no? If they have labor shortages then the job market should be favorable to the workers as you gotta be the most attractive employer, which would be those that don't abuse that law and overwork their employees. It's not like they can force people to work.
Or just go anywhere else in the EU.
Be me
American
See shitty right wing government doing shitty right wing things.
Sigh.
I bet I know who's behind this.
Google the history of that government.
Greece was the first proxy war of the Cold war, with the US backing the Greek Monarchy, who were ultimately the victors.
We probably ran similar propaganda and right-wing violence campaigns there as we did across the global south.
What a fucking surprise.
Happy July 4th everyone.
I live in Athens. I just want to say Kudos to all the greeks, they are hard worker, simple and unpretentious people. Its so unfortunate that these people need to work long hour.
And the rent here is a problem thanks to AirBNB and greedy landlords, for example i know people who needs to pay €400 monthly rent (not included utilities bills) with their €1000 monthly salary, and at the end of the month they have nothing to save.
geeze I'm sorry to tell you but I think spending >40% of income on rent is getting more and more common pretty much everywhere... anyone making minimum wage in my area is either paying much more than that on rent, or they are living in a tent in a city park.
