Greece re-introduces the 6 day work week... It used to be the standard. Y'know, in the 18th fucking century

Well that’s some backwards bullshit.

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.

Wow.

Man, if I still lived in an EU country and the government pulled this shit I’d be making the most of that sweet freedom-of-movement. Way to drive all the skills out of your economy.

Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. Greek coastguard pushes migrants off boats into the sea.

Noo that's the wrong direction

Better than South Korea's 69 hour work week

neoliberalism in its essence

I mean how does the government regulate this even?

If I was a skilled worker, I'd tell the company I work 5 days or I don't work for you ..

That's how you fuck up. Greece already had insane working hours, that doesn't seem to be the problem.

Thanks I hate it.

Greece had been effed since the austerity economics were placed on them due to the great big financial crisis where boys were declared to be too big to fail. Remember only regular working people are allowed to fail.

Can they don't

Greek Brain Drain incoming.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

After 15 years of recession and austerity and three rescue packages that came with tough conditions attached, labor in Greece is no longer strictly regulated.

Collective agreements have been frozen for years, and in many businesses, staff work on the basis of individual employment contracts.

Making sure that the authorities can do such monitoring tasks effectively is not a priority for the conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Kazakos is in favor of collective wage agreements, which are, however, being increasingly limited by legislation passed by the ruling conservative New Democracy (ND) government.

The official reason for the introduction of the six-day work week is that there is a shortage of skilled workers on the Greek labor market.

The new Greek regulation on the six-day work week and the reduction in arbitration proceedings that comes with it are turning back the clock, Kazakos told DW.

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