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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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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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/

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